// Station · 4m ago

GVAC

Amílcar Cabral International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 080° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING OVC at 10,000 ft

T/Td 27°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 177 FT

16.7414°N / 22.9494°W

LOCATION · Espargos, CV

WIND

080°10 kt

GVAC · 177 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

080°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

OVC100

LAYERS

SCT013 OVC100

T / Td

27 / 25

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Moderate winds at 080°/10 kt, visibility 6+ SM, scattered at 1,300 ft, and overcast at 10,000 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 GVAC 130100Z 08010KT 9999 SCT013 OVC100 27/25 Q1015 NOSIG

GVAC · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 080° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 1,300 ft · overcast at 10,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 080° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

080°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

01★ HDG 010° H3 kt X9 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,843'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

19 HDG 190° T3 kt X9 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,177 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 +12°C

1,600FT

+1,423 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV177 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT124 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,600 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,423 ft above GVAC's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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)

OVC100

Overcast · base 10,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

SCT013

Scattered · base 1,300 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL13,813 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-2)

07:24ZSUNRISE

13:19ZSOLAR NOON

19:14ZSUNSET

19:35ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:35Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 49m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE08:45Z MOONSET20:35Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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