// Station · 15m ago

OEKM

King Khalid Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND 090° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29°C / -3°C

ALTIM 30.24 inHg

ELEV 6,778 FT

18.2973°N / 42.8035°E

LOCATION · Khamis Mushait, SA

WIND

090°6 kt

OEKM · 6,778 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT022

T / Td

29 / -3

ALTIM

30.24"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 090°/6 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 2,200 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 OEKM 251800Z 09006KT 9999 SCT022 29/M03 Q1024 NOSIG

OEKM · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 090° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 2,200 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint -3°C · altimeter 30.24" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

090°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

06★ HDG 060° H5 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 12,467'

14 HDG 140° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT 12,467'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

32 HDG 320° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

24 HDG 240° T5 kt X3 kt LEFT —

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 +27°C

9,700FT

+2,922 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV6,778 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+27°C PRESSURE ALT6,459 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 9,700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,922 ft above OEKM's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+97%

-68%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+68%

-44%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+39%

-29%

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)

SCT022

Scattered · base 2,200 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL21,424 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

02:54ZSUNRISE

09:12ZSOLAR NOON

15:30ZSUNSET

15:52ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:52Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 36m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:00Z MOONSET01:37Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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