// Station · 34m ago

WALL

Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan International Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 270° / 5 kt

VIS 0.75 SM

CEILING BKN at 1,800 ft

T/Td 27°C / 26°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

WX FU -RA

ELEV 12 FT

1.2683°S / 116.8945°E

LOCATION · Balikpapan, ID

WIND

270°5 kt

WALL · 12 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/5

VIS

0.75 SM

CEILING

BKN018

LAYERS

FEW017 BKN018

T / Td

27 / 26

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

LIFR — visibility 0.75 SM. Light winds at 270°/5 kt, visibility 0.75 SM, a few at 1,700 ft, and broken at 1,800 ft. Reported weather: smoke and light rain (FU -RA). Smoke aloft is most often wildfire smoke drifting into the area — fine particulates that scatter light and cut visibility even though the air itself stays dry, so it behaves differently from moisture-based mist or fog. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR WALL 130030Z 27005KT 1200 FU -RA FEW017CB BKN018 27/26 Q1014 RMK CB TO NE AND E

WALL · day 13 at 00:30 UTC · wind from 270° at 5 kt · visibility 0.75 SM · a few clouds at 1,700 ft · broken layer at 1,800 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · weather: smoke and light rain (FU -RA)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

270°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

25★ HDG 250° H5 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 8,202'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

07 HDG 070° T5 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,012 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 +12°C

1,400FT

+1,388 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV12 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT-11 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at WAWS (Soroako Airport, Soroako, elev 1,388 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-4%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN018

Broken · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW017

Few · base 1,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,648 ft VFR MARGIN-1,200 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+8)

21:55ZSUNRISE

03:59ZSOLAR NOON

10:03ZSUNSET

10:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 59m VFR NIGHT BEGINS10:24Z (9h 19m) DAY LENGTH12h 08m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE23:16Z MOONSET11:24Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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