// Station · 30m ago

LGSA

Chania International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 24°C / 16°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 490 FT

35.5312°N / 24.1507°E

LOCATION · Souda, GR

WIND

300°5 kt

LGSA · 490 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 10Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

24 / 16

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 300°/5 kt. 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 LGSA 271020Z 30005KT 9999 FEW020 24/16 Q1016

LGSA · day 27 at 10:20 UTC · wind from 300° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

300°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

29★ HDG 290° H5 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,982'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

11 HDG 110° T5 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,490 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

1,600FT

+1,110 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV490 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT408 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 MINOR

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.

// 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 LEVEL12,611 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:12ZSUNRISE

10:21ZSOLAR NOON

17:31ZSUNSET

18:00ZCIVIL END

CURRENT10:50Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 40m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:00Z (7h 09m) DAY LENGTH14h 18m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE11:55Z MOONSET02:13Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of LGSA.

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