// Station · 2h 0m ago · STALE

LPOV

Ovar Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND 260° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 24°C / 19°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 56 FT

40.9159°N / 8.6459°W

LOCATION · Ovar, PT

WIND

260°8 kt

LPOV · 56 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW017

T / Td

24 / 19

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 260°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,700 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 LPOV 251500Z 26008KT 220V290 9999 FEW017 24/19 Q1014

LPOV · day 25 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 260° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,700 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

260°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

18★ HDG 180° H1 kt X8 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 8,005'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

36 HDG 360° T1 kt X8 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,056 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 +9°C

1,100FT

+1,044 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV56 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT33 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LPCB (Aerodromo de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, elev 1,300 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+11%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

FEW017

Few · base 1,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,177 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:55ZSUNRISE

12:38ZSOLAR NOON

19:20ZSUNSET

19:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:00Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 20m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:49Z (2h 48m) DAY LENGTH13h 25m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:59Z MOONSET05:24Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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