// Station · 25m ago

LGKO

Kos International Airport "Ippokratis"

CAT VFR

WIND 310° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 25°C / 21°C

ALTIM 29.83 inHg

ELEV 412 FT

36.7945°N / 27.0911°E

LOCATION · Kos Island, GR

WIND

310°10 kt

LGKO · 412 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

25 / 21

ALTIM

29.83"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 310°/10 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 LGKO 251750Z 31010KT CAVOK 25/21 Q1010

LGKO · day 25 at 17:50 UTC · wind from 310° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 25°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.83" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

310°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

32★ HDG 320° H10 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,841'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

14 HDG 140° T10 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,412 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 +11°C

1,800FT

+1,388 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV412 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT507 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LGTP (Tripolis Air Base, Trípoli, elev 2,113 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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 LEVEL13,038 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:38ZSUNRISE

10:15ZSOLAR NOON

16:52ZSUNSET

17:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:19Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 14m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:44Z MOONSET02:59Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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