// Station · 17m ago

GCGM

La Gomera Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26°C / 18°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 716 FT

28.0296°N / 17.2146°W

LOCATION · Alajero, La Gomera Island, ES

WIND

240°8 kt

GCGM · 716 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW030

T / Td

26 / 18

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 240°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,000 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 GCGM 251600Z 24008KT 9999 FEW030 26/18 Q1017 RMK R09/24006KT 170V290 ARP/25007KT 200V290

GCGM · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 240° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

240°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

27★ HDG 270° H7 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,921'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

09 HDG 090° T7 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,716 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

2,100FT

+1,384 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV716 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT604 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at GCXO (Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport, Tenerife, elev 2,076 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

FEW030

Few · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,847 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

06:45ZSUNRISE

13:12ZSOLAR NOON

19:39ZSUNSET

20:03ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 21m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:03Z (3h 46m) DAY LENGTH12h 54m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE16:47Z MOONSET05:42Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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