// Station · 10m ago

LTFJ

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 290° / 3 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,000 ft

T/Td 17°C / 16°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 312 FT

40.8986°N / 29.3092°E

LOCATION · Pendik, Istanbul, TR

WIND

290°3 kt

LTFJ · 312 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/3

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN030

LAYERS

BKN030 BKN080

T / Td

17 / 16

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 3,000 ft. Light winds at 290°/3 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 3,000 ft, and broken at 8,000 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR LTFJ 130150Z 29003KT 9999 BKN030 BKN080 17/16 Q1014 NOSIG

LTFJ · day 13 at 01:50 UTC · wind from 290° at 3 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 3,000 ft · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

290°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

06R HDG 060° —CALM —— 11,614'

24L HDG 240° —CALM —— 11,614'

06L HDG 060° —CALM —— 9,843'

24R HDG 240° —CALM —— 9,843'

Pattern altitude: 1,312 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

600FT

+288 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV312 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT289 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LTBX (İstanbul Samandıra Army Air Base, Ümraniye, Istanbul, elev 400 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+6%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN080

Broken · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN030

Broken · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL8,898 ft VFR MARGIN+0 ft

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

04:12ZSUNRISE

09:50ZSOLAR NOON

15:27ZSUNSET

15:55ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:00Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 27m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:55Z (13h 54m) DAY LENGTH11h 15m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE05:35Z MOONSET16:50Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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