// Station · 18m ago

LFBZ

Biarritz Pays Basque airport

CAT VFR

WIND 340° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 24°C / 19°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 245 FT

43.4684°N / 1.5232°W

LOCATION · Biarritz, FR

WIND

340°8 kt

LFBZ · 245 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

24 / 19

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 340°/8 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 LFBZ 251600Z AUTO 34008KT 290V020 CAVOK 24/19 Q1013 NOSIG

LFBZ · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 340° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

340°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

27★ HDG 270° H3 kt X8 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,382'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

09 HDG 090° T3 kt X8 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,245 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 +9°C

1,400FT

+1,155 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV245 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT251 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LFBK (Montluçon-Guéret Airport, Lépaud, Creuse, elev 1,497 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-4%

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 LEVEL12,366 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+0)

05:23ZSUNRISE

12:09ZSOLAR NOON

18:56ZSUNSET

19:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 37m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:26Z (3h 07m) DAY LENGTH13h 32m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:25Z MOONSET04:58Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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