// Station · 10m ago

LPPS

Porto Santo Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 24°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 341 FT

33.0734°N / 16.3500°W

LOCATION · Vila Baleira, PT

WIND

290°9 kt

LPPS · 341 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW015

T / Td

24 / 15

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 290°/9 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 251800Z 29009KT 260V320 9999 FEW015 24/15 Q1017

LPPS · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 290° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,500 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

290°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

36★ HDG 360° H3 kt X8 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,861'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

18 HDG 180° T3 kt X8 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 +9°C

1,400FT

+1,059 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV341 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT229 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 MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-4%

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)

FEW015

Few · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,462 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

06:36ZSUNRISE

13:09ZSOLAR NOON

19:41ZSUNSET

20:07ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:10Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 30m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:07Z (1h 56m) DAY LENGTH13h 05m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE16:42Z MOONSET05:48Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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