// Station · 17m ago

LPFR

Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 21°C / 17°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 24 FT

37.0159°N / 7.9709°W

LOCATION · Faro, PT

WIND

270°9 kt

LPFR · 24 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

21 / 17

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 270°/9 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 LPFR 252200Z 27009KT CAVOK 21/17 Q1015

LPFR · day 25 at 22:00 UTC · wind from 270° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

270°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

28★ HDG 280° H9 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,169'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

10 HDG 100° T9 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,024 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 +6°C

700FT

+676 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV24 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT-29 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LPBJ (Beja Airport / Airbase, Beja, elev 636 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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL10,630 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:58ZSUNRISE

12:35ZSOLAR NOON

19:12ZSUNSET

19:39ZCIVIL END

CURRENT22:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:39Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 14m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE16:12Z MOONSET05:27Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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