// Station · 6m ago

LFMI

Istres-Le Tubé Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30°C / 20°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 82 FT

43.5227°N / 4.9238°E

LOCATION · Istres, Bouches-du-Rhône, FR

WIND

270°6 kt

LFMI · 82 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW040

T / Td

30 / 20

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 270°/6 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 4,000 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 LFMI 251400Z AUTO 27006KT 220V330 9999 FEW040 30/20 Q1011 NOSIG

LFMI · day 25 at 14:00 UTC · wind from 270° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · temp 30°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

270°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

33★ HDG 330° H3 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 12,303'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

15 HDG 150° T3 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,082 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 +15°C

2,000FT

+1,918 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV82 FT OAT+30°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT147 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LFMX (Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban Airfield, Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, elev 1,509 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW040

Few · base 4,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,234 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:57ZSUNRISE

11:43ZSOLAR NOON

18:30ZSUNSET

19:00ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 24m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:00Z (4h 54m) DAY LENGTH13h 33m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE14:55Z MOONSET04:28Z FULL MOON IN3 days

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