// Station · 50m ago
OERF
Rafha Domestic Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 110° / 16 kt
VIS 6+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 37°C / -4°C
ALTIM 29.88 inHg
ELEV 1,474 FT
29.6264°N / 43.4906°E
LOCATION · Rafha, SA
WIND
110°16 kt
OERF · 1,474 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 09Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
110°/16
VIS
6+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
37 / -4
ALTIM
29.88"
// Interpretation
VFR with brisk winds at 110°/16 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 270900Z 11016KT CAVOK 37/M04 Q1012 NOSIG
OERF · day 27 at 09:00 UTC · wind from 110° at 16 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 37°C / dewpoint -4°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 110° @ 16 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
WIND
110°16 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS
1 usable
11★
HDG 110°
H16 kt
X0 kt —
PRIMARY · 9,834'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID
1 ends
29
HDG 290°
T16 kt
X0 kt —
—
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 +25°C
4,500FT
+3,026 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +200 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV1,474 FT
OAT+37°C
ISA DELTA+25°C
PRESSURE ALT1,510 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
+45%
-32%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+32%
-20%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+18%
-14%
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)
02:09ZSUNRISE
09:04ZSOLAR NOON
15:59ZSUNSET
16:26ZCIVIL END
CURRENT09:50Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 09m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:26Z (6h 36m)
DAY LENGTH13h 50m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION82%
MOONRISE10:49Z
MOONSET00:40Z
FULL MOON IN4 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 4 shown · 200 NM (very sparse)
OERR
MVFR
Arar Domestic Airport · Arar
- WIND
- 100° / 16 kt
- VIS
- 5.0 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 144 NM NW
- AGE
- 50m ago
OEPA
VFR
Qaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International Airport · Qaisumah
- WIND
- 130° / 9 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 159 NM SE
- AGE
- 50m ago
OEHL
VFR
→
MVFR
16Z
Hail International Airport · Hail
- WIND
- 180° / 8 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 162 NM SW
- AGE
- 50m ago
OESK
VFR
→
MVFR
10Z
Al-Jawf International Airport · Al-Jawf
- WIND
- 080° / 8 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 177 NM W
- AGE
- 50m ago
// Area map · 180 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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