// Station · 5m ago

ORBI

Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 32°C / 5°C

ALTIM 29.59 inHg

ELEV 114 FT

33.2625°N / 44.2346°E

LOCATION · Baghdad, IQ

WIND

290°6 kt

ORBI · 114 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

32 / 5

ALTIM

29.59"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 290°/6 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 ORBI 112300Z 29006KT CAVOK 32/05 Q1002 NOSIG

ORBI · day 11 at 23:00 UTC · wind from 290° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 32°C / dewpoint 5°C · altimeter 29.59" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

290°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

33R★ HDG 330° H5 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 13,124'

33L HDG 330° H5 kt X4 kt LEFT 10,830'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

15L HDG 150° T5 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

15R HDG 150° T5 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,114 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 +18°C

2,600FT

+2,486 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV114 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT445 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ORSU (Jalal Talabani International Airport, Sulaymaniyah, elev 2,494 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+26%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-8%

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 · 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 LEVEL16,276 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

02:03ZSUNRISE

09:09ZSOLAR NOON

16:15ZSUNSET

16:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 10m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:44Z (17h 38m) DAY LENGTH14h 11m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION9% MOONRISE23:45Z MOONSET13:57Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 1 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

ORNI

MVFR

Al Najaf International Airport · Najaf

WIND: 330° / 10 kt
VIS: 5.0 SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 77 NM S
AGE: 5m ago

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