// Station · 13h 4m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

LBWB

Balchik Airfield

CAT VFR

WIND 330° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21.6°C / 15.3°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 660 FT

43.4238°N / 28.1813°E

LOCATION · Balchik, BG

WIND

330°10 kt

LBWB · 660 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

330°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT200

T / Td

22 / 15

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 330°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 20,000 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 LBWB 121200Z 33010KT 9999 SCT200 22/15 Q1012 RMK T02160153

LBWB · day 12 at 12:00 UTC · wind from 330° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 20,000 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 330° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

330°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

34★ HDG 340° H10 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,095'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

16 HDG 160° T10 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,660 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 +8°C

1,700FT

+1,040 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV660 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT696 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LBSF (Sofia Airport, Sofia, elev 1,742 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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)

SCT200

Scattered · base 20,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER20,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL11,569 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:19ZSUNRISE

09:54ZSOLAR NOON

15:30ZSUNSET

15:58ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 25m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:58Z (14h 54m) DAY LENGTH11h 10m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE05:40Z MOONSET16:50Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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