// Station · 26m ago

LGKP

Karpathos Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 19 kt G29

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27°C / 22°C

ALTIM 29.83 inHg

ELEV 66 FT

35.4214°N / 27.1460°E

LOCATION · Karpathos Island, GR

WIND

290°19 kt

LGKP · 66 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/19G29

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

27 / 22

ALTIM

29.83"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 290°/19 kt, gusting 29. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,000 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 LGKP 251550Z 29019G29KT 9999 FEW020 27/22 Q1010

LGKP · day 25 at 15:50 UTC · wind from 290° at 19 kt, gusts to 29 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.83" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 19 ktG29

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

290°19G29 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

30★ HDG 300° H19 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,871'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

12 HDG 120° T19 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,066 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 +12°C

1,600FT

+1,534 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV66 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT161 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LGIO (Ioannina King Pyrrhus National Airport, Ioannina, elev 1,558 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,702 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:39ZSUNRISE

10:15ZSOLAR NOON

16:50ZSUNSET

17:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING33m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:17Z (1h 00m) DAY LENGTH13h 11m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:42Z MOONSET02:53Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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