// Station · 23m ago

FHAW

RAF Ascension Island

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 16 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 18°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 278 FT

7.9702°S / 14.3927°W

LOCATION · Cat Hill, SH

WIND

140°16 kt

FHAW · 278 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/16

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW024

T / Td

25 / 18

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 140°/16 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,400 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

Loading TAF forecast narrative…

SOURCES · NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (TAF loading…)

// Want this glance-able on 10 airports? METAR Deck →

// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR FHAW 251750Z 14016KT 9999 FEW024 25/18 Q1014 NOSIG RMK BLU BLU

FHAW · day 25 at 17:50 UTC · wind from 140° at 16 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,400 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 16 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

140°16 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

13★ HDG 130° H16 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,019'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

31 HDG 310° T16 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,278 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

1,500FT

+1,222 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV278 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT255 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FHSH (Saint Helena International Airport, Jamestown, elev 1,017 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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. 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)

FEW024

Few · base 2,400 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,904 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-1)

07:03ZSUNRISE

13:01ZSOLAR NOON

18:58ZSUNSET

19:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING45m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:19Z (1h 06m) DAY LENGTH11h 54m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE17:10Z MOONSET05:04Z FULL MOON IN2 days

// Nearest reporting stations

Loading nearest reporting stations…

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

AIRSPACE

// Want this on your Stream Deck? METAR Deck shows real-time category and conditions for any 10 airports — built by the team that ships this page.

Get METAR Deck →