// Station · 12m ago

GCLA

La Palma Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 010° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 17°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

010°8 kt

GCLA · 107 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

010°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT038

T / Td

25 / 17

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 010°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 3,800 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 251800Z 01008KT 320V090 9999 SCT038 25/17 Q1017

GCLA · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 010° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 3,800 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 010° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

010°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

36★ HDG 360° H8 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,218'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

18 HDG 180° T8 kt X1 kt LEFT —

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 +10°C

1,200FT

+1,093 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV107 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°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 MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

SCT038

Scattered · base 3,800 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL12,733 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

06:46ZSUNRISE

13:14ZSOLAR NOON

19:42ZSUNSET

20:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 30m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:06Z (1h 54m) DAY LENGTH12h 55m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE16:53Z MOONSET05:48Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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