// Station · 23m ago

URMN

Nalchik Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 2 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 19°C / 18°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 1,461 FT

43.5129°N / 43.6366°E

LOCATION · Nalchik, RU

WIND

210°2 kt

URMN · 1,461 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/2

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW026

T / Td

19 / 18

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 210°/2 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,600 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 URMN 252000Z 21001MPS 9999 FEW026CB 19/18 Q1017 R24/////// NOSIG RMK QFE726

URMN · day 25 at 20:00 UTC · wind from 210° at 2 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,600 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

210°2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 7,218'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 7,218'

Pattern altitude: 2,461 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 +7°C

2,100FT

+639 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,461 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT1,349 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at URMO (Vladikavkaz Beslan International Airport, Beslan, elev 1,673 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

FEW026

Few · base 2,600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL11,057 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

02:22ZSUNRISE

09:09ZSOLAR NOON

15:55ZSUNSET

16:25ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:25Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 33m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE12:33Z MOONSET02:06Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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