// Station · 13m ago

LGKV

Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 3 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 29°C / 21°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 18 FT

40.9133°N / 24.6192°E

LOCATION · Kavala, GR

WIND

190°3 kt

LGKV · 18 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/3

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

29 / 21

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 190°/3 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 LGKV 251650Z 19003KT CAVOK 29/21 Q1013

LGKV · day 25 at 16:50 UTC · wind from 190° at 3 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 29°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

190°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 9,844'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 9,844'

Pattern altitude: 1,018 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 +14°C

1,700FT

+1,682 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV18 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT24 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

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-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 LEVEL14,664 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:42ZSUNRISE

10:25ZSOLAR NOON

17:07ZSUNSET

17:36ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:36Z (32m) DAY LENGTH13h 25m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:46Z MOONSET03:12Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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