// Station · 24m ago

LTCA

Elazığ Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 260° / 1 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 27°C / 2°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 2,927 FT

38.5980°N / 39.2835°E

LOCATION · Elazığ, TR

WIND

260°1 kt

LTCA · 2,927 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/1

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

27 / 2

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 260°/1 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 LTCA 251750Z 26001KT CAVOK 27/02 Q1012 NOSIG

LTCA · day 25 at 17:50 UTC · wind from 260° at 1 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 27°C / dewpoint 2°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 1 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

260°1 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 9,843'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 9,843'

Pattern altitude: 3,927 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 +18°C

5,100FT

+2,173 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,927 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT2,963 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LTAR (Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport, Sivas, elev 5,239 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+51%

-36%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+36%

-23%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+20%

-15%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL16,563 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+3)

02:46ZSUNRISE

09:26ZSOLAR NOON

16:06ZSUNSET

16:33ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:14Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:33Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 19m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE12:53Z MOONSET02:12Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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