// Station · 14m ago

LPAZ

Santa Maria Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 350° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23°C / 17°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 308 FT

36.9714°N / 25.1706°W

LOCATION · Vila do Porto, PT

WIND

350°8 kt

LPAZ · 308 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

350°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT027

T / Td

23 / 17

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 350°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 2,700 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 LPAZ 251800Z 35008KT 310V030 9999 SCT027 23/17 Q1019

LPAZ · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 350° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 2,700 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 350° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

350°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

36★ HDG 360° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

18 HDG 180° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,308 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

1,100FT

+792 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV308 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT137 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LPCB (Aerodromo de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, elev 1,300 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+11%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT027

Scattered · base 2,700 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL11,924 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

07:07ZSUNRISE

13:44ZSOLAR NOON

20:21ZSUNSET

20:48ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:14Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 06m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:48Z (2h 33m) DAY LENGTH13h 14m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE17:13Z MOONSET06:28Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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