// Station · 1h 6m ago · STALE

RODE

Iejima Auxiliary Air Base

CAT —

WIND CALM

VIS —

CEILING BKN at 3,900 ft

T/Td 28.9°C / 25.6°C

ALTIM 29.70 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 184 FT

26.7260°N / 127.7652°E

LOCATION · Ie, JP

WIND

—calm

RODE · 184 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

—

CEILING

BKN039

LAYERS

FEW018 SCT025 BKN039

T / Td

29 / 26

ALTIM

29.70"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,900 ft. Winds calm, visibility unreported, a few at 1,800 ft, scattered at 2,500 ft, and broken at 3,900 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

SPECI RODE 290009Z AUTO -RA FEW018 SCT025 BKN039 29/26 A2970 RMK AO2 P0000 T02890256 $

RODE · day 29 at 00:09 UTC · winds calm · a few clouds at 1,800 ft · scattered layer at 2,500 ft · broken layer at 3,900 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.70" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

CALMcalm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 4,780'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 4,780'

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 1,200'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 1,200'

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 +15°C

2,200FT

+2,016 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV184 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT403 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 SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN039

Broken · base 3,900 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT025

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

FEW018

Few · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,900 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,900 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL14,780 ft VFR MARGIN+900 ft

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

21:08ZSUNRISE

03:31ZSOLAR NOON

09:54ZSUNSET

10:18ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 39m VFR NIGHT BEGINS10:18Z (9h 03m) DAY LENGTH12h 46m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE09:55Z MOONSET22:41Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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