// Station · 29m ago

LSZL

Locarno Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 18°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.24 inHg

ELEV 650 FT

46.1625°N / 8.8789°E

LOCATION · Locarno, CH

WIND

240°5 kt

LSZL · 650 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW030

T / Td

18 / 10

ALTIM

30.24"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 240°/5 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,000 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 LSZL 131150Z 24005KT 9999 FEW030 18/10 Q1024 RMK BLU+

LSZL · day 13 at 11:50 UTC · wind from 240° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,000 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.24" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 5 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

240°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

26C★ HDG 260° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 2,297'

26R HDG 260° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT 2,625'

26L HDG 260° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT 2,297'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

08C HDG 080° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

08L HDG 080° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

08R HDG 080° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,650 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 +4°C

800FT

+150 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV650 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT331 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LSZA (Lugano Airport, Agno, elev 915 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+8%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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)

FEW030

Few · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL9,741 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:39ZSUNRISE

11:11ZSOLAR NOON

16:44ZSUNSET

17:14ZCIVIL END

CURRENT12:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 25m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:14Z (4h 55m) DAY LENGTH11h 05m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION5% MOONRISE07:23Z MOONSET18:28Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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