// Station · 1h 27m ago · STALE

RODE

Iejima Auxiliary Air Base

CAT —

WIND 160° / 10 kt G17

VIS —

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28.3°C / 22.8°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 184 FT

26.7260°N / 127.7652°E

LOCATION · Ie, JP

WIND

160°10 kt

RODE · 184 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/10G17

VIS

—

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT095

T / Td

28 / 23

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 160°/10 kt, gusting 17. Visibility unreported and scattered at 9,500 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-RA). 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 RODE 130059Z AUTO 16010G17KT -RA SCT095 28/23 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP190 T02830228 PNO $

RODE · day 13 at 00:59 UTC · wind from 160° at 10 kt, gusts to 17 kt · scattered layer at 9,500 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 10 ktG17

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

160°10G17 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

22★ HDG 220° H5 kt X9 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,780'

23 HDG 230° H3 kt X9 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 53%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

05 HDG 050° T3 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

04 HDG 040° T5 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,184 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 +14°C

1,700FT

+1,516 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV184 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT122 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at RJAF (Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport, Matsumoto, elev 2,182 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-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. 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)

SCT095

Scattered · base 9,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER9,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,477 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

21:28ZSUNRISE

03:16ZSOLAR NOON

09:04ZSUNSET

09:28ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:26Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 38m VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:28Z (7h 01m) DAY LENGTH11h 36m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE22:51Z MOONSET10:28Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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