// Station · 19m ago

WBKW

Tawau Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND VRB / 3 kt

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 57 FT

4.3134°N / 118.1215°E

LOCATION · Tawau, MY

WIND

VRB3 kt

WBKW · 57 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/3

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW017

T / Td

26 / 24

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 5.0 SM. Light winds at variable/3 kt, visibility 5.0 SM, a few at 1,700 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 WBKW 251600Z VRB03KT 8000 FEW017 26/24 Q1012

WBKW · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind variable at 3 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · a few clouds at 1,700 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 8,800'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 8,800'

Pattern altitude: 1,057 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 +11°C

1,400FT

+1,343 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV57 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT93 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at WBGF (Long Lellang Airport, Long Datih, elev 1,400 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW017

Few · base 1,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,188 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

22:04ZSUNRISE

04:11ZSOLAR NOON

10:17ZSUNSET

10:38ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 57m VFR NIGHT BEGINS10:38Z (18h 18m) DAY LENGTH12h 13m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE08:06Z MOONSET20:20Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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