// Station · 7m ago

MKJP

Norman Manley International Airport

CAT —

WIND 120° / 9 kt

VIS —

CEILING CLR

T/Td 29°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 10 FT

17.9357°N / 76.7875°W

LOCATION · Kingston, JM

WIND

120°9 kt

MKJP · 10 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/9

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

29 / 24

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 120°/9 kt. Visibility unreported and no reported cloud layers. 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 MKJP 130100Z 12009KT //// ////// 29/24 Q1012 RMK CLD FROM CEILOMETER RWY 30 NCD

MKJP · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 120° at 9 kt · temp 29°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

120°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

12★ HDG 120° H9 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 8,900'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

30 HDG 300° T9 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,010 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 +14°C

1,700FT

+1,690 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV10 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT46 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,690 ft above MKJP's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL14,656 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:00ZSUNRISE

16:54ZSOLAR NOON

22:48ZSUNSET

23:10ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:10Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 47m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE12:21Z MOONSET00:09Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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