// Station · 7m ago

VNKT

Tribhuvan International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 090° / 3 kt

VIS 3.7 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 16°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.27 inHg

ELEV 4,390 FT

27.6966°N / 85.3591°E

LOCATION · Kathmandu, NP

WIND

090°3 kt

VNKT · 4,390 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/3

VIS

3.7 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW015

T / Td

16 / 15

ALTIM

30.27"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 3.7 SM. Light winds at 090°/3 kt, visibility 3.7 SM, a few at 1,500 ft. 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 VNKT 130100Z 09003KT 6000 FEW015 16/15 Q1025 NOSIG

VNKT · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 090° at 3 kt · visibility 3.7 SM · a few clouds at 1,500 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.27" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

090°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

02 HDG 020° —CALM —— 10,991'

20 HDG 200° —CALM —— 10,991'

Pattern altitude: 5,390 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 +9°C

5,100FT

+710 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,390 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT4,042 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at VNSL (Rukum Salle Airport, Musikot, elev 5,184 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+51%

-36%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+36%

-23%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+20%

-15%

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)

FEW015

Few · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,471 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+6)

00:18ZSUNRISE

06:06ZSOLAR NOON

11:53ZSUNSET

12:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 46m VFR NIGHT BEGINS12:17Z (11h 09m) DAY LENGTH11h 35m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE01:39Z MOONSET13:14Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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