// Station · 8m ago

OEKM

King Khalid Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND 060° / 4 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 16°C / 3°C

ALTIM 30.33 inHg

ELEV 6,778 FT

18.2973°N / 42.8035°E

LOCATION · Khamis Mushait, SA

WIND

060°4 kt

OEKM · 6,778 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

060°/4

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

16 / 3

ALTIM

30.33"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 060°/4 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 OEKM 130100Z 06004KT CAVOK 16/03 Q1027 NOSIG

OEKM · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 060° at 4 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 16°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 30.33" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 060° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

060°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 12,467'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 12,467'

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 12,467'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 12,467'

Pattern altitude: 7,778 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 +14°C

8,000FT

+1,222 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV6,778 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT6,371 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 8,000 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,222 ft above OEKM's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+80%

-56%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+56%

-36%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+32%

-24%

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 LEVEL14,859 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:02ZSUNRISE

08:56ZSOLAR NOON

14:49ZSUNSET

15:11ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 41m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:11Z (14h 03m) DAY LENGTH11h 46m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE04:23Z MOONSET16:10Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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