// Station · 14m ago

LFOA

Avord (BA 702) Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 21°C / 19°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 580 FT

47.0533°N / 2.6325°E

LOCATION · Avord, FR

WIND

210°5 kt

LFOA · 580 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

21 / 19

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 210°/5 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 LFOA 251800Z AUTO 21005KT CAVOK 21/19 Q1013 NOSIG

LFOA · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 210° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

210°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

24★ HDG 240° H4 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 11,493'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

06 HDG 060° T4 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,580 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 +7°C

1,400FT

+820 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV580 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT586 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 MINOR

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 LEVEL11,186 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:00ZSUNRISE

11:53ZSOLAR NOON

18:45ZSUNSET

19:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:14Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING31m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:17Z (1h 03m) DAY LENGTH13h 44m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:07Z MOONSET04:52Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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