// Station · 54m ago

OETF

Taif International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 21°C / 1°C

ALTIM 30.18 inHg

ELEV 4,848 FT

21.4847°N / 40.5441°E

LOCATION · Taif, SA

WIND

190°5 kt

OETF · 4,848 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

21 / 1

ALTIM

30.18"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 190°/5 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 OETF 130100Z 19005KT CAVOK 21/01 Q1022 NOSIG

OETF · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 190° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

190°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17★ HDG 170° H5 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,991'

25 HDG 250° H3 kt X4 kt LEFT 12,254'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

07 HDG 070° T2 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

35 HDG 350° T5 kt X2 kt LEFT —

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 +15°C

6,400FT

+1,552 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,848 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT4,588 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at OEKM (King Khalid Air Base, Khamis Mushait, elev 6,778 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+64%

-45%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+45%

-29%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+26%

-19%

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 LEVEL15,454 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:13ZSUNRISE

09:05ZSOLAR NOON

14:56ZSUNSET

15:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:54Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 02m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:19Z (13h 24m) DAY LENGTH11h 42m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE04:36Z MOONSET16:19Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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