// Station · 53m ago
WBKW
Tawau Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 6+ SM
CEILING Few/scattered only
T/Td 28°C / 25°C
ALTIM 29.85 inHg
ELEV 57 FT
4.3134°N / 118.1215°E
LOCATION · Tawau, MY
WIND
000°0 kt
WBKW · 57 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 11Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
6+ SM
CEILING
—
LAYERS
FEW016
T / Td
28 / 25
ALTIM
29.85"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,600 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR WBKW 271100Z 00000KT 9999 FEW016 28/25 Q1011
WBKW · day 27 at 11:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,600 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
000°calm
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 +13°C
1,700FT
+1,643 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +300 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV57 FT
OAT+28°C
ISA DELTA+13°C
PRESSURE ALT122 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
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+17%
-12%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+12%
-8%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+7%
-5%
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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+8)
21:55ZSUNRISE
04:06ZSOLAR NOON
10:16ZSUNSET
10:38ZCIVIL END
CURRENT11:53Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS10:38Z (past)
DAY LENGTH12h 20m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION83%
MOONRISE06:40Z
MOONSET19:01Z
FULL MOON IN4 days
// Nearest reporting stations
No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of WBKW.
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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