// Station · 10m ago

LGHI

Chios Island National Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 030° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 16°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 15 FT

38.3432°N / 26.1406°E

LOCATION · Chios Island, GR

WIND

030°8 kt

LGHI · 15 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

030°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW040

T / Td

25 / 16

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 030°/8 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 LGHI 271250Z 03008KT 9999 FEW040 25/16 Q1013

LGHI · day 27 at 12:50 UTC · wind from 030° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 030° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

030°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

01★ HDG 010° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,957'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

19 HDG 190° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,015 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 +10°C

1,200FT

+1,185 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV15 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT21 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LGKC (Kithira Airport, Kithira Island, elev 1,045 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-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.

// 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 LEVEL12,641 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

02:57ZSUNRISE

10:14ZSOLAR NOON

17:30ZSUNSET

18:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT13:00Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 29m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:01Z (5h 00m) DAY LENGTH14h 32m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE11:44Z MOONSET02:17Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of LGHI.

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