// Station · 17m ago

MDCY

Samaná El Catey International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND CALM

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 1,600 ft

T/Td 22°C / 21°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

WX VCSH

ELEV 30 FT

19.2693°N / 69.7374°W

LOCATION · Samana, DO

WIND

000°0 kt

MDCY · 30 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

BKN016

LAYERS

FEW014 BKN016

T / Td

22 / 21

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,600 ft. Winds calm, visibility 5.0 SM, a few at 1,400 ft, and broken at 1,600 ft. Reported weather: VCSH. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI MDCY 271135 00000KT 8000 VCSH FEW014CB BKN016 22/21 Q1016 RERA CB/SE/NW

MDCY · day 27 at 11:35 UTC · winds calm · visibility 5.0 SM · a few clouds at 1,400 ft · broken layer at 1,600 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg · weather: VCSH

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 9,843'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 9,843'

Pattern altitude: 1,030 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 +7°C

800FT

+770 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV30 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT-52 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at MDST (Cibao International Airport, Santiago, elev 565 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN016

Broken · base 1,600 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW014

Few · base 1,400 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,600 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL11,141 ft VFR MARGIN-1,400 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

10:02ZSUNRISE

16:37ZSOLAR NOON

23:12ZSUNSET

23:36ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:52Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 19m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:36Z (11h 43m) DAY LENGTH13h 10m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE18:47Z MOONSET07:57Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 4 shown · 60 NM radius

MDJB

VFR

La Isabela International Airport · La Isabela

WIND: CALM
VIS: 6+ SM
CEILING: SCT016
DIST: 44 NM S
AGE: 52m ago

MDST

MVFR → VFR 12Z

Cibao International Airport · Santiago

WIND: 090° / 5 kt
VIS: 6+ SM
CEILING: BKN016
DIST: 50 NM W
AGE: 52m ago

MDSD

VFR

Las Américas International Airport · Santo Domingo

WIND: 010° / 4 kt
VIS: 6+ SM
CEILING: FEW016
DIST: 51 NM S
AGE: 52m ago

MDPP

VFR

Gregorio Luperon International Airport · Puerto Plata

WIND: CALM
VIS: 6+ SM
CEILING: SCT016
DIST: 56 NM NW
AGE: 52m ago

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