// Station · 9m ago

OEPA

Qaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International Airport

CAT IFR

WIND 350° / 16 kt

VIS 2.8 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 45°C / -16°C

ALTIM 29.59 inHg

WX BLDU

ELEV 1,174 FT

28.3357°N / 46.1271°E

LOCATION · Qaisumah, SA

WIND

350°16 kt

OEPA · 1,174 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

350°/16

VIS

2.8 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

45 / -16

ALTIM

29.59"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — visibility 2.8 SM. Brisk winds at 350°/16 kt, visibility 2.8 SM, no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: blowing widespread dust (BLDU). Widespread dust reduces visibility and signals dry, unstable, or windy conditions upstream. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR OEPA 251400Z 35016KT 4500 BLDU NSC 45/M16 Q1002 TEMPO 3000

OEPA · day 25 at 14:00 UTC · wind from 350° at 16 kt · visibility 2.8 SM · temp 45°C / dewpoint -16°C · altimeter 29.59" Hg · weather: blowing widespread dust (BLDU)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 350° @ 16 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

350°16 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

34★ HDG 340° H16 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,007'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

16 HDG 160° T16 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,174 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 +33°C

5,500FT

+4,326 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,174 FT OAT+45°C ISA DELTA+33°C PRESSURE ALT1,505 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 DANGEROUS

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. 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 LEVEL23,901 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

02:31ZSUNRISE

08:59ZSOLAR NOON

15:26ZSUNSET

15:51ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:09Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 17m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:51Z (1h 41m) DAY LENGTH12h 55m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE12:29Z MOONSET01:24Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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