// Station · 25m ago

LCRA

RAF Akrotiri

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 29°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.77 inHg

ELEV 76 FT

34.5904°N / 32.9879°E

LOCATION · Akrotiri, CY

WIND

240°10 kt

LCRA · 76 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

29 / 25

ALTIM

29.77"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 240°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 LCRA 251550Z 24010KT CAVOK 29/25 Q1008 NOSIG

LCRA · day 25 at 15:50 UTC · wind from 240° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 29°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.77" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

240°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

28★ HDG 280° H8 kt X6 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,002'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

10 HDG 100° T8 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,076 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

2,000FT

+1,924 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV76 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT230 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 2,000 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,924 ft above LCRA's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL14,722 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:17ZSUNRISE

09:51ZSOLAR NOON

16:26ZSUNSET

16:52ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:52Z (36m) DAY LENGTH13h 09m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:19Z MOONSET02:28Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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