// Station · 11m ago

LTCI

Van Ferit Melen Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 4 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 20°C / 4°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 5,480 FT

38.4682°N / 43.3323°E

LOCATION · Van, TR

WIND

130°4 kt

LTCI · 5,480 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/4

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW040

T / Td

20 / 4

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 130°/4 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 LTCI 251850Z 13004KT 100V170 9999 FEW040 20/04 Q1020 NOSIG

LTCI · day 25 at 18:50 UTC · wind from 130° at 4 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

130°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 +15°C

7,100FT

+1,620 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,480 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT5,279 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 7,100 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,620 ft above LTCI's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+71%

-50%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+50%

-32%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+28%

-21%

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 LEVEL15,581 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

02:30ZSUNRISE

09:10ZSOLAR NOON

15:49ZSUNSET

16:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT19:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:17Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 18m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE12:38Z MOONSET01:57Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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