// Station · 59m ago

GVAC

Amílcar Cabral International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 16 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27°C / 20°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 177 FT

16.7414°N / 22.9494°W

LOCATION · Espargos, CV

WIND

050°16 kt

GVAC · 177 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/16

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW014

T / Td

27 / 20

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 050°/16 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,400 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 111400Z 05016KT 9999 FEW014 27/20 Q1013 NOSIG

GVAC · day 11 at 14:00 UTC · wind from 050° at 16 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,400 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 16 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

050°16 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

01★ HDG 010° H12 kt X10 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,843'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

19 HDG 190° T12 kt X10 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

1,700FT

+1,523 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV177 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT183 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,523 ft above GVAC's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW014

Few · base 1,400 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,813 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

07:06ZSUNRISE

13:38ZSOLAR NOON

20:10ZSUNSET

20:33ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:59Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 10m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:33Z (5h 34m) DAY LENGTH13h 03m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE04:31Z MOONSET17:35Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of GVAC.

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