// Station · 15m ago

LUKK

Chişinău International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 25°C / 12°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 399 FT

46.9277°N / 28.9317°E

LOCATION · Chişinău, MD

WIND

170°10 kt

LUKK · 399 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

25 / 12

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 170°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 LUKK 251800Z 17010KT CAVOK 25/12 Q1016 NOSIG

LUKK · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 170° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 25°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 10 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 3 CAUTION

WIND

170°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

09★ HDG 090° H2 kt X10 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,818'

08 HDG 080° H0 kt X10 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

26 HDG 260° H0 kt X10 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

27 HDG 270° T2 kt X10 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,399 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 +11°C

1,600FT

+1,201 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +500 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV399 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT317 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,600 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,201 ft above LUKK's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL13,025 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:15ZSUNRISE

10:07ZSOLAR NOON

17:00ZSUNSET

17:32ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:32Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 44m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:22Z MOONSET03:06Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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