// Station · 16m ago

OMAL

Al Ain International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 030° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 39°C / 17°C

ALTIM 29.62 inHg

ELEV 869 FT

24.2617°N / 55.6092°E

LOCATION · Al Ain, AE

WIND

030°9 kt

OMAL · 869 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

030°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW045

T / Td

39 / 17

ALTIM

29.62"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 030°/9 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 4,500 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 OMAL 251600Z 03009KT 010V070 9999 FEW045 39/17 Q1003 NOSIG

OMAL · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 030° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,500 ft · temp 39°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.62" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 030° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

030°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

01★ HDG 010° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 13,123'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

19 HDG 190° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,869 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 +26°C

4,300FT

+3,431 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV869 FT OAT+39°C ISA DELTA+26°C PRESSURE ALT1,170 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 4,300 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +3,431 ft above OMAL's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+43%

-30%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+30%

-19%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+17%

-13%

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)

FEW045

Few · base 4,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL20,566 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+4)

01:57ZSUNRISE

08:21ZSOLAR NOON

14:44ZSUNSET

15:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:08Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 47m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE12:00Z MOONSET00:47Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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