// Station · 34m ago

LTFH

Samsun-Çarşamba Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23°C / 20°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 18 FT

41.2540°N / 36.5675°E

LOCATION · Samsun, TR

WIND

300°8 kt

LTFH · 18 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW030

T / Td

23 / 20

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 300°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,000 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 LTFH 251950Z 30008KT 9999 FEW030 23/20 Q1017 NOSIG

LTFH · day 25 at 19:50 UTC · wind from 300° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

300°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

31★ HDG 310° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,843'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

13 HDG 130° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,018 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 +8°C

800FT

+782 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV18 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT-94 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LTBR (Bursa Yenişehir Airport, Yenişehir, elev 764 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+8%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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)

FEW030

Few · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL11,634 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+2)

02:54ZSUNRISE

09:37ZSOLAR NOON

16:20ZSUNSET

16:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:24Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:49Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 26m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:04Z MOONSET02:31Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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