// Station · 26m ago

LPPS

Porto Santo Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 350° / 11 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21°C / 12°C

ALTIM 30.18 inHg

ELEV 341 FT

33.0734°N / 16.3500°W

LOCATION · Vila Baleira, PT

WIND

350°11 kt

LPPS · 341 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

350°/11

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW015

T / Td

21 / 12

ALTIM

30.18"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 350°/11 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,500 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 LPPS 271230Z 35011KT 310V020 9999 FEW015 21/12 Q1022

LPPS · day 27 at 12:30 UTC · wind from 350° at 11 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,500 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 350° @ 11 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

350°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

36★ HDG 360° H11 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,861'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

18 HDG 180° T11 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,341 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

800FT

+459 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV341 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT81 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LPEV (Évora Airfield, Évora, elev 807 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+8%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW015

Few · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL10,947 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

06:00ZSUNRISE

13:03ZSOLAR NOON

20:07ZSUNSET

20:35ZCIVIL END

CURRENT12:56Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 10m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:35Z (7h 38m) DAY LENGTH14h 06m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE14:47Z MOONSET04:54Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 1 shown · 60 NM radius

LPMA

VFR

Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport · Funchal

WIND: 220° / 7 kt
VIS: 6+ SM
CEILING: SCT016
DIST: 31 NM SW
AGE: 26m ago

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