// Station · 4m ago

GCLA

La Palma Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 320° / 7 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 5,600 ft

T/Td 22°C / 17°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 107 FT

28.6265°N / 17.7556°W

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

WIND

320°7 kt

GCLA · 107 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/7

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN056

LAYERS

FEW041 SCT049 BKN056

T / Td

22 / 17

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,600 ft. Light winds at 320°/7 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 4,100 ft, scattered at 4,900 ft, and broken at 5,600 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 GCLA 130100Z AUTO 32007KT 9999 FEW041 SCT049 BKN056 22/17 Q1021

GCLA · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 320° at 7 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,100 ft · scattered layer at 4,900 ft · broken layer at 5,600 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

320°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

36★ HDG 360° H5 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,218'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

18 HDG 180° T5 kt X4 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 +7°C

700FT

+593 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV107 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT-123 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. 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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN056

Broken · base 5,600 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT049

Scattered · base 4,900 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW041

Few · base 4,100 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,600 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,218 ft VFR MARGIN+2,600 ft

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

07:11ZSUNRISE

12:58ZSOLAR NOON

18:45ZSUNSET

19:09ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 40m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:09Z (18h 04m) DAY LENGTH11h 33m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE08:32Z MOONSET20:06Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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