// Station · 2h 26m ago · STALE

LTCW

Hakkari Yüksekova Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30°C / 1°C

ALTIM 30.18 inHg

ELEV 6,400 FT

37.5497°N / 44.2381°E

LOCATION · Hakkari, TR

WIND

210°9 kt

LTCW · 6,400 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW040

T / Td

30 / 1

ALTIM

30.18"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 210°/9 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 LTCW 251350Z 21009KT 9999 FEW040 30/01 Q1022

LTCW · day 25 at 13:50 UTC · wind from 210° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · temp 30°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

210°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

29★ HDG 290° H2 kt X9 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,499'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

11 HDG 110° T2 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 7,400 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 +27°C

9,400FT

+3,000 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV6,400 FT OAT+30°C ISA DELTA+27°C PRESSURE ALT6,140 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 9,400 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +3,000 ft above LTCW's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+94%

-66%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+66%

-42%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+38%

-28%

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 LEVEL21,552 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

02:28ZSUNRISE

09:06ZSOLAR NOON

15:45ZSUNSET

16:12ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:12Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 16m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE12:30Z MOONSET01:47Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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