// Station · 31m ago

GCHI

El Hierro Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 360° / 19 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 22°C / 16°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 103 FT

27.8148°N / 17.8871°W

LOCATION · El Hierro Island, ES

WIND

360°19 kt

GCHI · 103 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

360°/19

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

22 / 16

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 360°/19 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,000 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 GCHI 271230Z 36019KT 9999 FEW020 22/16 Q1021

GCHI · day 27 at 12:30 UTC · wind from 360° at 19 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 360° @ 19 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

360°19 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

34★ HDG 340° H18 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,101'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

16 HDG 160° T18 kt X6 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 +7°C

700FT

+597 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV103 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+7°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

+7%

-5%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+5%

-3%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL11,214 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

06:18ZSUNRISE

13:10ZSOLAR NOON

20:01ZSUNSET

20:27ZCIVIL END

CURRENT13:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 00m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:27Z (7h 26m) DAY LENGTH13h 43m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE15:05Z MOONSET04:48Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of GCHI.

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