// Station · 24m ago

VILK

Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 260° / 5 kt

VIS 3.1 SM

CEILING BKN at 10,000 ft

T/Td 31°C / 29°C

ALTIM 29.47 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 410 FT

26.7606°N / 80.8893°E

LOCATION · Lucknow, IN

WIND

260°5 kt

VILK · 410 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/5

VIS

3.1 SM

CEILING

BKN100

LAYERS

SCT020 BKN100

T / Td

31 / 29

ALTIM

29.47"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 3.1 SM. Light winds at 260°/5 kt, visibility 3.1 SM, scattered at 2,000 ft, and broken at 10,000 ft. Reported weather: BR. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR VILK 111600Z 26005KT 5000 BR SCT020 BKN100 31/29 Q0998 NOSIG

VILK · day 11 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 260° at 5 kt · visibility 3.1 SM · scattered layer at 2,000 ft · broken layer at 10,000 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 29°C · altimeter 29.47" Hg · weather: BR

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

260°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

27★ HDG 270° H5 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,996'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

09 HDG 090° T5 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,410 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 +18°C

3,000FT

+2,590 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +600 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV410 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT859 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at VEBI (Shillong Airport, Shillong, elev 2,910 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+30%

-21%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+21%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN100

Broken · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT020

Scattered · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL16,067 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+5)

23:51ZSUNRISE

06:42ZSOLAR NOON

13:34ZSUNSET

14:00ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:24Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS14:00Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 43m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE21:19Z MOONSET11:02Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 3 shown · 150 NM (sparse area)

VEBN

IFR

Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport · Varanasi

WIND: 220° / 10 kt
VIS: 1.9 SM
CEILING: BKN100
DIST: 132 NM SE
AGE: 24m ago

VEGK

MVFR

Gorakhpur Airport · Gorakhpur

WIND: VRB / 2 kt
VIS: 3.1 SM
CEILING: OVC090
DIST: 137 NM E
AGE: 54m ago

VIGR

MVFR

Gwalior Airport · Gwalior

WIND: 210° / 4 kt
VIS: 3.7 SM
CEILING: FEW025
DIST: 146 NM W
AGE: 54m ago

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