// Station · 30m ago

RJNK

Komatsu Airport / JASDF Komatsu Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 24°C / 18°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 36 FT

36.3934°N / 136.4069°E

LOCATION · Kanazawa, JP

WIND

290°8 kt

RJNK · 36 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

24 / 18

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 290°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,000 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 RJNK 130200Z 29008KT 270V330 9999 FEW020 24/18 Q1013

RJNK · day 13 at 02:00 UTC · wind from 290° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

290°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

24T★ HDG 240° H5 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 8,876'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

06T HDG 060° T5 kt X6 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,036 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 +9°C

1,100FT

+1,064 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV36 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT42 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at RJNW (Noto Satoyama Airport, Wajima, elev 718 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+11%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,157 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+9)

21:00ZSUNRISE

02:41ZSOLAR NOON

08:23ZSUNSET

08:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 53m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:49Z (6h 18m) DAY LENGTH11h 23m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE22:24Z MOONSET09:47Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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