// Station · 17m ago

LFMK

Carcassonne Salvaza Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 7 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 31°C / 17°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 433 FT

43.2160°N / 2.3063°E

LOCATION · Carcassonne, FR

WIND

290°7 kt

LFMK · 433 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/7

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

31 / 17

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 290°/7 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 LFMK 251600Z AUTO 29007KT 250V330 CAVOK 31/17 Q1012 NOSIG

LFMK · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 290° at 7 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 31°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

290°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

27★ HDG 270° H7 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,726'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

09 HDG 090° T7 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,433 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 +17°C

2,500FT

+2,067 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV433 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT469 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LFIG (Cassagnes-Bégonhès Airfield, Cassagnes-Bégonhès, elev 2,024 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+25%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-8%

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 LEVEL16,090 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:08ZSUNRISE

11:54ZSOLAR NOON

18:40ZSUNSET

19:10ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 22m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:10Z (2h 52m) DAY LENGTH13h 32m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:10Z MOONSET04:43Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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