// Station · 19m ago

LPLA

Lajes Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 340° / 14 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.18 inHg

ELEV 180 FT

38.7618°N / 27.0908°W

LOCATION · Praia da Vitória, PT

WIND

340°14 kt

LPLA · 180 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/14

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT025

T / Td

21 / 13

ALTIM

30.18"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 340°/14 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 2,500 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 LPLA 252200Z 34014KT 9999 SCT025 21/13 Q1022

LPLA · day 25 at 22:00 UTC · wind from 340° at 14 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 2,500 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 14 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

340°14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

33★ HDG 330° H14 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,870'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

15 HDG 150° T14 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,180 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

600FT

+420 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV180 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT-80 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LPSJ (São Jorge Airport, Velas, elev 311 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+6%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT025

Scattered · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL10,786 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

07:12ZSUNRISE

13:52ZSOLAR NOON

20:31ZSUNSET

20:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT22:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:59Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 19m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE17:27Z MOONSET06:46Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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