// Station · 29m ago

LTAU

Kayseri Erkilet International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 340° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27°C / 14°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 3,463 FT

38.7704°N / 35.4954°E

LOCATION · Kayseri, TR

WIND

340°8 kt

LTAU · 3,463 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW040

T / Td

27 / 14

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 340°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 4,000 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 LTAU 251550Z 34008KT 300V360 9999 FEW040 27/14 Q1016 NOSIG

LTAU · day 25 at 15:50 UTC · wind from 340° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 0 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

340°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

07★ HDG 070° H0 kt X8 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,841'

25 HDG 250° H0 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

Pattern altitude: 4,463 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 +19°C

5,600FT

+2,137 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,463 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT3,381 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LTCE (Erzurum International Airport, Erzurum, elev 5,763 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+56%

-39%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+39%

-25%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+22%

-17%

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)

FEW040

Few · base 4,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL17,099 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:01ZSUNRISE

09:41ZSOLAR NOON

16:21ZSUNSET

16:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:49Z (30m) DAY LENGTH13h 19m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:04Z MOONSET02:24Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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