// Station · 1h 4m ago · STALE
HKNW
Nairobi Wilson Airport
CAT MVFR
WIND CALM
VIS 6+ SM
CEILING BKN at 1,200 ft
T/Td 19°C / 16°C
ALTIM 30.24 inHg
ELEV 5,536 FT
1.3217°S / 36.8148°E
LOCATION · Nairobi, KE
WIND
000°0 kt
HKNW · 5,536 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 13Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
6+ SM
CEILING
BKN012
LAYERS
BKN012 BKN080
T / Td
19 / 16
ALTIM
30.24"
// Interpretation
MVFR — ceiling 1,200 ft. Winds calm, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 1,200 ft, and broken at 8,000 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.
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METAR HKNW 111300Z 00000KT 9999 BKN012 BKN080 19/16 Q1024 NOSIG
HKNW · day 11 at 13:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 1,200 ft · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.24" Hg
// 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
4 ends
14
HDG 140°
—CALM
——
5,052'
32
HDG 320°
—CALM
——
5,052'
07
HDG 070°
—CALM
——
4,798'
25
HDG 250°
—CALM
——
4,798'
Pattern altitude: 6,536 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 +14°C
6,900FT
+1,364 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -300 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV5,536 FT
OAT+19°C
ISA DELTA+14°C
PRESSURE ALT5,217 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at HKEL
(Eldoret International Airport, Eldoret, elev 6,941 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+69%
-48%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+48%
-31%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+28%
-21%
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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+2)
03:37ZSUNRISE
09:39ZSOLAR NOON
15:40ZSUNSET
16:03ZCIVIL END
CURRENT14:04Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 36m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:03Z (1h 59m)
DAY LENGTH12h 02m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%
MOONRISE01:01Z
MOONSET13:04Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 3 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)
HKJK
MVFR
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Nairobi
- WIND
- 060° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN020
- DIST
- 7 NM E
- AGE
- 34m ago
HKNI
MVFR
Nyeri Airport · Nyeri
- WIND
- 270° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN020
- DIST
- 58 NM N
- AGE
- 1h 4m ago
HKNK
MVFR
Nakuru Lanet Airport · Nakuru
- WIND
- 260° / 10 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN028
- DIST
- 73 NM NW
- AGE
- 1h 4m ago
// Area map · 80 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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