// Station · 1h 5m ago · STALE

HKNK

Nakuru Lanet Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23°C / 10°C

ALTIM — inHg

ELEV 6,234 FT

0.2984°S / 36.1592°E

LOCATION · Nakuru, KE

WIND

000°0 kt

HKNK · 6,234 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW026

T / Td

23 / 10

ALTIM

—

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,600 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR HKNK 111600Z 00000KT 9999 FEW026 23/10

HKNK · day 11 at 16:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,600 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 10°C

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 5,607'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 5,607'

Pattern altitude: 7,234 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL). Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying. // On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.

// Density altitude · ISA +20°C

8,700FT

+2,466 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +400 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV6,234 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+20°C PRESSURE ALT6,234 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 8,700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,466 ft above HKNK's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+87%

-61%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+61%

-39%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+35%

-26%

Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW026

Few · base 2,600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL17,850 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+2)

03:38ZSUNRISE

09:41ZSOLAR NOON

15:45ZSUNSET

16:07ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:07Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 06m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION10% MOONRISE01:08Z MOONSET13:14Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of HKNK.

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

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