// Station · 16m ago

LTCI

Van Ferit Melen Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 030° / 4 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 18,000 ft

T/Td 8°C / 5°C

ALTIM 30.27 inHg

ELEV 5,480 FT

38.4682°N / 43.3323°E

LOCATION · Van, TR

WIND

030°4 kt

LTCI · 5,480 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

030°/4

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN180

LAYERS

FEW035 BKN180

T / Td

8 / 5

ALTIM

30.27"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 18,000 ft. Light winds at 030°/4 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 3,500 ft, and broken at 18,000 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 LTCI 130050Z 03004KT 9999 FEW035 BKN180 08/05 Q1025 NOSIG

LTCI · day 13 at 00:50 UTC · wind from 030° at 4 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,500 ft · broken layer at 18,000 ft · temp 8°C / dewpoint 5°C · altimeter 30.27" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 030° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

030°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

03 HDG 030° —CALM —— 9,022'

21 HDG 210° —CALM —— 9,022'

Pattern altitude: 6,480 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 +3°C

5,500FT

+20 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,480 FT OAT+8°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT5,132 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

+55%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN180

Broken · base 18,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW035

Few · base 3,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING18,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER18,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL9,520 ft VFR MARGIN+15,000 ft

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

03:14ZSUNRISE

08:54ZSOLAR NOON

14:33ZSUNSET

15:00ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 27m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:00Z (13h 54m) DAY LENGTH11h 19m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE04:35Z MOONSET15:54Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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