// Station · 28m ago

OOSA

Salalah International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 180° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.74 inHg

ELEV 73 FT

17.0387°N / 54.0913°E

LOCATION · Salalah, OM

WIND

180°9 kt

OOSA · 73 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW014 SCT025

T / Td

27 / 24

ALTIM

29.74"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 180°/9 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,400 ft, and scattered at 2,500 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 OOSA 111350Z 18009KT 9999 FEW014 SCT025 27/24 Q1007 NOSIG

OOSA · day 11 at 13:50 UTC · wind from 180° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,400 ft · scattered layer at 2,500 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.74" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

180°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

25★ HDG 250° H3 kt X8 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 13,123'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

07 HDG 070° T3 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,073 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 +13°C

1,800FT

+1,727 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV73 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT256 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at OOTH (Thumrait Air Base, Thumrait, elev 1,570 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT025

Scattered · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW014

Few · base 1,400 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,709 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

01:57ZSUNRISE

08:30ZSOLAR NOON

15:02ZSUNSET

15:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING43m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:26Z (1h 07m) DAY LENGTH13h 04m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE23:21Z MOONSET12:26Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of OOSA.

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