// Station · 48m ago

FMSD

Tôlanaro Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27°C / 19°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 29 FT

25.0381°S / 46.9561°E

LOCATION · Tôlanaro, MG

WIND

140°10 kt

FMSD · 29 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 09Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW023

T / Td

27 / 19

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 140°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,300 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR FMSD 270900Z 14010KT 9999 FEW023 27/19 Q1019

FMSD · day 27 at 09:00 UTC · wind from 140° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,300 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

140°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

08★ HDG 080° H5 kt X9 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,280'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

26 HDG 260° T5 kt X9 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,029 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

1,300FT

+1,271 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV29 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT-142 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FMNT (Tsaratanana Airport, Tsaratanana, elev 1,073 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW023

Few · base 2,300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,665 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+3)

03:28ZSUNRISE

08:50ZSOLAR NOON

14:12ZSUNSET

14:37ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:48Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 24m VFR NIGHT BEGINS14:37Z (4h 48m) DAY LENGTH10h 44m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE12:09Z MOONSET22:53Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of FMSD.

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