// Station · 8m ago

OEAB

Abha International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 19°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 6,858 FT

18.2404°N / 42.6566°E

LOCATION · Abha, SA

WIND

210°8 kt

OEAB · 6,858 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

25 / 19

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 210°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,000 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 OEAB 251400Z 21008KT 9999 FEW020 25/19 Q1021 NOSIG

OEAB · day 25 at 14:00 UTC · wind from 210° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

210°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

13★ HDG 130° H1 kt X8 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,991'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

31 HDG 310° T1 kt X8 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 7,858 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 +23°C

9,400FT

+2,542 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV6,858 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+23°C PRESSURE ALT6,628 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 +2,542 ft above OEAB's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

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)

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL19,484 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

02:55ZSUNRISE

09:13ZSOLAR NOON

15:31ZSUNSET

15:53ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 22m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:53Z (1h 45m) DAY LENGTH12h 36m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE12:53Z MOONSET01:29Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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