// Station · 2m ago

MDSD

Las Américas International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 33°C / 25°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 59 FT

18.4297°N / 69.6689°W

LOCATION · Santo Domingo, DO

WIND

140°8 kt

MDSD · 59 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW022 SCT300

T / Td

33 / 25

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 140°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,200 ft, and scattered at 30,000 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 MDSD 251700Z 14008KT 9999 FEW022 SCT300 33/25 Q1016

MDSD · day 25 at 17:00 UTC · wind from 140° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,200 ft · scattered layer at 30,000 ft · temp 33°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

140°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17★ HDG 170° H7 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 11,000'

18 HDG 180° H6 kt X5 kt LEFT 9,813'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

36 HDG 360° T6 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

35 HDG 350° T7 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,059 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 +18°C

2,100FT

+2,041 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV59 FT OAT+33°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT-23 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 2,100 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,041 ft above MDSD's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT300

Scattered · base 30,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW022

Few · base 2,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER30,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL16,726 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:24ZSUNRISE

16:42ZSOLAR NOON

23:00ZSUNSET

23:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:22Z (6h 20m) DAY LENGTH12h 36m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:28Z MOONSET09:04Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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