// Station · 51m ago

OEAO

Al-Ula International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 180° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 39°C / -3°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 2,050 FT

26.4836°N / 38.1170°E

LOCATION · Al-Ula, SA

WIND

180°6 kt

OEAO · 2,050 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 09Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

39 / -3

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 180°/6 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 OEAO 270900Z 18006KT CAVOK 39/M03 Q1012 NOSIG

OEAO · day 27 at 09:00 UTC · wind from 180° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 39°C / dewpoint -3°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

180°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

12★ HDG 120° H3 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,007'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

30 HDG 300° T3 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 3,050 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 +28°C

5,500FT

+3,450 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV2,050 FT OAT+39°C ISA DELTA+28°C PRESSURE ALT2,086 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at OEBA (King Saud Bin Abdulaziz (Al Baha) Airport, Al-Baha, elev 5,486 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+55%

-39%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+39%

-25%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+22%

-17%

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 · 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 LEVEL21,747 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

02:37ZSUNRISE

09:26ZSOLAR NOON

16:14ZSUNSET

16:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:51Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 23m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:40Z (6h 49m) DAY LENGTH13h 37m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE11:18Z MOONSET00:55Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of OEAO.

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