// Station · 20m ago

VILK

Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 260° / 6 kt

VIS 3.1 SM

CEILING BKN at 10,000 ft

T/Td 32°C / 27°C

ALTIM 29.44 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 410 FT

26.7606°N / 80.8893°E

LOCATION · Lucknow, IN

WIND

260°6 kt

VILK · 410 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/6

VIS

3.1 SM

CEILING

BKN100

LAYERS

SCT020 FEW030 BKN100

T / Td

32 / 27

ALTIM

29.44"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 3.1 SM. Light winds at 260°/6 kt, visibility 3.1 SM, scattered at 2,000 ft, a few at 3,000 ft, and broken at 10,000 ft. Reported weather: HZ. 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 111400Z 26006KT 5000 HZ SCT020 FEW030CB BKN100 32/27 Q0997 NOSIG

VILK · day 11 at 14:00 UTC · wind from 260° at 6 kt · visibility 3.1 SM · scattered layer at 2,000 ft · a few clouds at 3,000 ft · broken layer at 10,000 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 27°C · altimeter 29.44" Hg · weather: HZ

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

260°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

27★ HDG 270° H6 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,996'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

09 HDG 090° T6 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 +19°C

3,100FT

+2,690 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +800 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV410 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT889 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

+31%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN100

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

FEW030

Few · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

SCT020

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

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL16,572 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

CURRENT14:20Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS14:00Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 43m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE21:15Z MOONSET10:58Z FULL MOON IN18 days

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

VEBN

IFR

Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport · Varanasi

WIND: 200° / 7 kt
VIS: 1.9 SM
CEILING: SCT020
DIST: 132 NM SE
AGE: 20m ago

VEGK

MVFR

Gorakhpur Airport · Gorakhpur

WIND: VRB / 1 kt
VIS: 3.7 SM
CEILING: OVC090
DIST: 137 NM E
AGE: 50m ago

VIGR

MVFR

Gwalior Airport · Gwalior

WIND: 240° / 5 kt
VIS: 3.7 SM
CEILING: SCT025
DIST: 146 NM W
AGE: 50m ago

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