// Station · 12m ago

OETF

Taif International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 320° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 31°C / 16°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 4,848 FT

21.4847°N / 40.5441°E

LOCATION · Taif, SA

WIND

320°9 kt

OETF · 4,848 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT030

T / Td

31 / 16

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 320°/9 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 3,000 ft. 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 OETF 251800Z 32009KT 9999 SCT030 31/16 Q1018 NOSIG

OETF · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 320° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 3,000 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

320°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

35★ HDG 350° H8 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,991'

25 HDG 250° H3 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 89%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

07 HDG 070° T3 kt X8 kt LEFT —

17 HDG 170° T8 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 5,848 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

7,700FT

+2,852 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,848 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+25°C PRESSURE ALT4,706 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 7,700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,852 ft above OETF's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+77%

-54%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+54%

-35%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+31%

-23%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT030

Scattered · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL20,505 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:00ZSUNRISE

09:21ZSOLAR NOON

15:42ZSUNSET

16:05ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:05Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 41m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:06Z MOONSET01:48Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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