// Station · 21m ago

MDPC

Punta Cana International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 31°C / 26°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 47 FT

18.5671°N / 68.3646°W

LOCATION · Punta Cana, DO

WIND

050°9 kt

MDPC · 47 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW022

T / Td

31 / 26

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 050°/9 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,200 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 MDPC 252000Z 05009KT 9999 FEW022 31/26 Q1015

MDPC · day 25 at 20:00 UTC · wind from 050° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,200 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

050°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

08★ HDG 080° H8 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,171'

09 HDG 090° H7 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 67%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

27 HDG 270° T7 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

26 HDG 260° T8 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,047 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 +16°C

1,900FT

+1,853 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV47 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT-6 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,900 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,853 ft above MDPC's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+19%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

FEW022

Few · base 2,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,704 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:18ZSUNRISE

16:37ZSOLAR NOON

22:55ZSUNSET

23:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 33m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:17Z (2h 56m) DAY LENGTH12h 36m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:29Z MOONSET09:06Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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