// Station · 17h 19m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

HUKS

Kasese Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 070° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 16°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 3,146 FT

0.1830°N / 30.1000°E

LOCATION · Kasese, UG

WIND

070°8 kt

HUKS · 3,146 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 08Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

070°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW027

T / Td

28 / 16

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 070°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,700 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 HUKS 280800Z 07008KT 9999 FEW027 28/16 Q1019

HUKS · day 28 at 08:00 UTC · wind from 070° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,700 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

070°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

01★ HDG 010° H4 kt X7 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,151'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

19 HDG 190° T4 kt X7 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 4,146 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 +19°C

5,200FT

+2,054 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,146 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT2,975 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at HUFP (Fort Portal Airport, Fort Portal, elev 5,255 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+52%

-36%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+36%

-23%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+21%

-16%

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. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW027

Few · base 2,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL17,287 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:58ZSUNRISE

10:02ZSOLAR NOON

16:05ZSUNSET

16:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 46m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:26Z (15h 07m) DAY LENGTH12h 06m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE16:45Z MOONSET04:52Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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