// Station · 8m ago

GCHI

El Hierro Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 030° / 12 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 2,200 ft

T/Td 23°C / 18°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 103 FT

27.8148°N / 17.8871°W

LOCATION · El Hierro Island, ES

WIND

030°12 kt

GCHI · 103 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

030°/12

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN022

LAYERS

BKN022 BKN028

T / Td

23 / 18

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,200 ft. Moderate winds at 030°/12 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 2,200 ft, and broken at 2,800 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 GCHI 130100Z AUTO 03012KT 340V060 9999 BKN022 BKN028 23/18 Q1021

GCHI · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 030° at 12 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 2,200 ft · broken layer at 2,800 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 030° @ 12 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

030°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

34★ HDG 340° H8 kt X9 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,101'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

16 HDG 160° T8 kt X9 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,103 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 +8°C

800FT

+697 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV103 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT-127 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at GCGM (La Gomera Airport, Alajero, La Gomera Island, elev 716 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+8%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN028

Broken · base 2,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN022

Broken · base 2,200 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL11,719 ft VFR MARGIN-800 ft

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

07:11ZSUNRISE

12:58ZSOLAR NOON

18:46ZSUNSET

19:09ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 37m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:09Z (18h 01m) DAY LENGTH11h 34m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE08:32Z MOONSET20:07Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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