// Station · 15m ago

GCLA

La Palma Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 310° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 23°C / 16°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 107 FT

28.6265°N / 17.7556°W

LOCATION · Sta Cruz de la Palma, La Palma Island, ES

WIND

310°6 kt

GCLA · 107 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 07Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

23 / 16

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 310°/6 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 GCLA 170700Z 31006KT CAVOK 23/16 Q1017

GCLA · day 17 at 07:00 UTC · wind from 310° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 23°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

310°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

36★ HDG 360° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,218'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

18 HDG 180° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,107 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

1,000FT

+893 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV107 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT-5 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

+10%

-7%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+7%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL11,723 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

06:42ZSUNRISE

13:16ZSOLAR NOON

19:50ZSUNSET

20:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT07:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 34m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:15Z (12h 59m) DAY LENGTH13h 07m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION17% MOONRISE09:56Z MOONSET23:04Z FULL MOON IN11 days

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