// Station · 32m ago

LPPD

João Paulo II Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 020° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 18°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.27 inHg

ELEV 259 FT

37.7412°N / 25.6979°W

LOCATION · Ponta Delgada, PT

WIND

020°5 kt

LPPD · 259 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

020°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW025

T / Td

18 / 13

ALTIM

30.27"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 020°/5 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few 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 LPPD 130030Z 02005KT 9999 FEW025 18/13 Q1025

LPPD · day 13 at 00:30 UTC · wind from 020° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,500 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.27" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 020° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

020°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

30★ HDG 300° H1 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 8,192'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

12 HDG 120° T1 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,259 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 +3°C

200FT

-59 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV259 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT-89 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LPLA (Lajes Airport, Praia da Vitória, elev 180 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+2%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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)

FEW025

Few · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL9,350 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

07:49ZSUNRISE

13:30ZSOLAR NOON

19:11ZSUNSET

19:38ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:38Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 22m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE09:10Z MOONSET20:32Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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