// Station · 25m ago

LIEA

Alghero-Fertilia Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 220° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 87 FT

40.6321°N / 8.2908°E

LOCATION · Alghero, IT

WIND

220°8 kt

LIEA · 87 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW018

T / Td

28 / 24

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 220°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,800 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 LIEA 251750Z 22008KT 9999 FEW018 28/24 Q1013

LIEA · day 25 at 17:50 UTC · wind from 220° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,800 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

220°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

20★ HDG 200° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,843'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

02 HDG 020° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,087 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 +13°C

1,700FT

+1,613 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV87 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT93 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LIMW (Aosta Corrado Gex Airport, Saint-Christophe (AO), elev 1,791 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW018

Few · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,228 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+1)

04:48ZSUNRISE

11:30ZSOLAR NOON

18:12ZSUNSET

18:41ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:41Z (26m) DAY LENGTH13h 24m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:54Z MOONSET04:19Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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