// Station · 4m ago

OERK

King Khalid International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 4 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 34°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 2,049 FT

24.9576°N / 46.6988°E

LOCATION · Riyadh, SA

WIND

160°4 kt

OERK · 2,049 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 08Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/4

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

34 / 10

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 160°/4 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 OERK 140800Z 16004KT CAVOK 34/10 Q1020 NOSIG

OERK · day 14 at 08:00 UTC · wind from 160° at 4 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 34°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

160°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

15L HDG 150° —CALM —— 13,796'

33R HDG 330° —CALM —— 13,796'

15R HDG 150° —CALM —— 13,796'

33L HDG 330° —CALM —— 13,796'

Pattern altitude: 3,049 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 +23°C

4,600FT

+2,551 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,049 FT OAT+34°C ISA DELTA+23°C PRESSURE ALT1,848 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

+46%

-32%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+32%

-21%

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. 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 LEVEL19,221 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

02:51ZSUNRISE

08:40ZSOLAR NOON

14:29ZSUNSET

14:52ZCIVIL END

CURRENT08:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 24m VFR NIGHT BEGINS14:52Z (6h 47m) DAY LENGTH11h 37m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION10% MOONRISE05:15Z MOONSET16:53Z FULL MOON IN12 days

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