// Station · 7m ago

OEPS

Prince Sultan Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND 040° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 41°C / 1°C

ALTIM 29.71 inHg

ELEV 1,651 FT

24.0627°N / 47.5805°E

LOCATION · Al Kharj, SA

WIND

040°5 kt

OEPS · 1,651 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

41 / 1

ALTIM

29.71"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 040°/5 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 OEPS 251655Z 04005KT 9999 CLR 41/01 A2971 RMK AO2A SLPNO WND DATA ESTMD

OEPS · day 25 at 16:55 UTC · wind from 040° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 41°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 29.71" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

040°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

35R★ HDG 350° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 13,123'

35L HDG 350° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT 13,123'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

17L HDG 170° T3 kt X4 kt LEFT —

17R HDG 170° T3 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,651 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 +30°C

5,400FT

+3,749 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,651 FT OAT+41°C ISA DELTA+30°C PRESSURE ALT1,858 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

+54%

-38%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+38%

-24%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+22%

-16%

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 LEVEL22,358 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

02:30ZSUNRISE

08:53ZSOLAR NOON

15:16ZSUNSET

15:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:40Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 46m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE12:34Z MOONSET01:20Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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