// Station · 1h 59m ago · STALE

LUBM

Mărculești Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29°C / 13°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

ELEV 312 FT

47.8627°N / 28.2128°E

LOCATION · Mărculeşti, MD

WIND

—calm

LUBM · 312 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT046

T / Td

29 / 13

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 4,600 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 LUBM 271100Z ////KT 9999 SCT046TCU 29/13 Q1009

LUBM · day 27 at 11:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 4,600 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

CALMcalm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 8,235'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 8,235'

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 +15°C

2,200FT

+1,888 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +500 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV312 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT436 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 2,200 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,888 ft above LUBM's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT046

Scattered · base 4,600 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,958 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

02:17ZSUNRISE

10:05ZSOLAR NOON

17:53ZSUNSET

18:32ZCIVIL END

CURRENT12:59Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 54m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:32Z (5h 33m) DAY LENGTH15h 35m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE11:05Z MOONSET02:40Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of LUBM.

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