// Station · 21m ago

MKJS

Sangster International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 060° / 20 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 32°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 4 FT

18.5034°N / 77.9132°W

LOCATION · Montego Bay, JM

WIND

060°20 kt

MKJS · 4 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

060°/20

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020 FEW022

T / Td

32 / 25

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

VFR with strong winds at 060°/20 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,000 ft, 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 MKJS 252000Z 06020KT 9999 FEW020 FEW022CB 32/25 Q1011

MKJS · day 25 at 20:00 UTC · wind from 060° at 20 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · a few clouds at 2,200 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 060° @ 20 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

060°20 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

07★ HDG 070° H20 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,039'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

25 HDG 250° T20 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,004 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 +17°C

2,100FT

+2,096 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT69 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 +2,096 ft above MKJS'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)

FEW022

Few · base 2,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL16,166 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:57ZSUNRISE

17:15ZSOLAR NOON

23:33ZSUNSET

23:55ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 11m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:55Z (3h 34m) DAY LENGTH12h 36m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:07Z MOONSET09:44Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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