// Station · 22m ago

LTCF

Kars Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 070° / 14 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 18°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.18 inHg

ELEV 5,889 FT

40.5622°N / 43.1150°E

LOCATION · Kars, TR

WIND

070°14 kt

LTCF · 5,889 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

070°/14

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW040

T / Td

18 / 13

ALTIM

30.18"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 070°/14 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 251750Z 07014KT 9999 FEW040 18/13 Q1022 NOSIG

LTCF · day 25 at 17:50 UTC · wind from 070° at 14 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 14 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

070°14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

06★ HDG 060° H14 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 11,483'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

24 HDG 240° T14 kt X2 kt LEFT —

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 +14°C

7,300FT

+1,411 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,889 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT5,629 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 7,300 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,411 ft above LTCF's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+73%

-51%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+51%

-33%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+29%

-22%

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 LEVEL14,980 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

02:28ZSUNRISE

09:11ZSOLAR NOON

15:53ZSUNSET

16:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:22Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 24m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE12:35Z MOONSET01:59Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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