// Station · 13m ago
OERF
Rafha Domestic Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 350° / 17 kt
VIS 6+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 40°C / -2°C
ALTIM 29.74 inHg
ELEV 1,474 FT
29.6264°N / 43.4906°E
LOCATION · Rafha, SA
WIND
350°17 kt
OERF · 1,474 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 15Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
350°/17
VIS
6+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
40 / -2
ALTIM
29.74"
// Interpretation
VFR with brisk winds at 350°/17 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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METAR OERF 111500Z 35017KT CAVOK 40/M02 Q1007 NOSIG
OERF · day 11 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 350° at 17 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 40°C / dewpoint -2°C · altimeter 29.74" Hg
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 350° @ 17 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION
WIND
350°17 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS
1 usable
29★
HDG 290°
H9 kt
X15 kt RIGHT
PRIMARY · 9,834'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID
1 ends
11
HDG 110°
T9 kt
X15 kt LEFT
—
Pattern altitude: 2,474 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
5,100FT
+3,626 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +300 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV1,474 FT
OAT+40°C
ISA DELTA+28°C
PRESSURE ALT1,657 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at OETF
(Taif International Airport, Taif, elev 4,848 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+51%
-36%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+36%
-23%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+20%
-15%
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
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+3)
02:14ZSUNRISE
09:12ZSOLAR NOON
16:10ZSUNSET
16:37ZCIVIL END
CURRENT15:13Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING56m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:37Z (1h 23m)
DAY LENGTH13h 55m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%
MOONRISE23:40Z
MOONSET13:36Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 200 NM (very sparse)
OERR
VFR
Arar Domestic Airport · Arar
- WIND
- 300° / 8 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 144 NM NW
- AGE
- 13m ago
ORNI
MVFR
Al Najaf International Airport · Najaf
- WIND
- 350° / 14 kt
- VIS
- 5.0 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 150 NM N
- AGE
- 13m ago
OEPA
MVFR
Qaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International Airport · Qaisumah
- WIND
- 340° / 15 kt
- VIS
- 3.7 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 159 NM SE
- AGE
- 13m ago
OEHL
VFR
Hail International Airport · Hail
- WIND
- 050° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 162 NM SW
- AGE
- 13m ago
OESK
VFR
Al-Jawf International Airport · Al-Jawf
- WIND
- 330° / 2 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 177 NM W
- AGE
- 13m ago
// Area map · 180 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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