// Station · 26m ago

OETB

Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 3 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 34°C / 3°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 2,551 FT

28.3711°N / 36.6249°E

LOCATION · Tabuk, SA

WIND

290°3 kt

OETB · 2,551 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/3

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

34 / 3

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 290°/3 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 OETB 252000Z 29003KT CAVOK 34/03 Q1012 NOSIG

OETB · day 25 at 20:00 UTC · wind from 290° at 3 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 34°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

290°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 10,991'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 10,991'

13 HDG 130° —CALM —— 10,007'

31 HDG 310° —CALM —— 10,007'

Pattern altitude: 3,551 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 +24°C

5,500FT

+2,949 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,551 FT OAT+34°C ISA DELTA+24°C PRESSURE ALT2,587 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 LEVEL19,723 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+2)

03:09ZSUNRISE

09:37ZSOLAR NOON

16:04ZSUNSET

16:29ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:26Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:29Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 55m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:20Z MOONSET02:15Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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