// Station · 1h 4m ago · STALE

LTCF

Kars Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 1 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 2°C / 2°C

ALTIM 30.30 inHg

ELEV 5,889 FT

40.5622°N / 43.1150°E

LOCATION · Kars, TR

WIND

VRB1 kt

LTCF · 5,889 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/1

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW040

T / Td

2 / 2

ALTIM

30.30"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/1 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 LTCF 130050Z VRB01KT 9999 FEW040 02/02 Q1026 NOSIG

LTCF · day 13 at 00:50 UTC · wind variable at 1 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · temp 2°C / dewpoint 2°C · altimeter 30.30" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 1 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB1 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 11,483'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 11,483'

Pattern altitude: 6,889 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 -2°C

5,300FT

-589 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,889 FT OAT+2°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT5,511 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LTCO (Ağrı Airport, Ağrı, elev 5,462 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+53%

-37%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+37%

-24%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+21%

-16%

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 LEVEL6,899 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:17ZSUNRISE

08:55ZSOLAR NOON

14:33ZSUNSET

15:00ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:54Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 38m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:00Z (13h 05m) DAY LENGTH11h 15m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE04:39Z MOONSET15:55Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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