// Station · 1h 6m ago · STALE

MDCY

Samaná El Catey International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26°C / 23°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

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 · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW016

T / Td

26 / 23

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,600 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 MDCY 130000Z 00000KT 9999 FEW016 26/23 Q1012

MDCY · day 13 at 00:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,600 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// 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 +11°C

1,400FT

+1,370 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV30 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT66 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,400 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,370 ft above MDCY's actual elevation.

// 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)

FEW016

Few · base 1,600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,161 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:33ZSUNRISE

16:26ZSOLAR NOON

22:19ZSUNSET

22:41ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:41Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 46m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE11:54Z MOONSET23:40Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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