// Station · 3m ago

ORKK

Kirkuk International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 45°C / 0°C

ALTIM 29.65 inHg

ELEV 1,061 FT

35.4695°N / 44.3489°E

LOCATION · Kirkuk, IQ

WIND

280°8 kt

ORKK · 1,061 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

45 / 0

ALTIM

29.65"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 280°/8 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 ORKK 251400Z 28008KT CAVOK 45/M00 Q1004

ORKK · day 25 at 14:00 UTC · wind from 280° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 45°C / dewpoint 0°C · altimeter 29.65" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

280°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

31★ HDG 310° H7 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,809'

32 HDG 320° H6 kt X5 kt LEFT 8,535'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

14 HDG 140° T6 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

13 HDG 130° T7 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,061 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 +33°C

5,200FT

+4,139 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,061 FT OAT+45°C ISA DELTA+33°C PRESSURE ALT1,333 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 5,200 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +4,139 ft above ORKK's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+52%

-36%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+36%

-23%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+21%

-16%

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 LEVEL23,788 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

02:30ZSUNRISE

09:06ZSOLAR NOON

15:41ZSUNSET

16:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 38m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:08Z (2h 04m) DAY LENGTH13h 11m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE12:28Z MOONSET01:39Z FULL MOON IN3 days

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