// Station · 22m ago

MNPC

Puerto Cabezas Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 090° / 14 kt

VIS 3.7 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29°C / 28°C

ALTIM 29.83 inHg

WX VCRA RA

ELEV 52 FT

14.0472°N / 83.3867°W

LOCATION · Puerto Cabezas, NI

WIND

090°14 kt

MNPC · 52 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/14

VIS

3.7 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT016 SCT300

T / Td

29 / 28

ALTIM

29.83"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 3.7 SM. Brisk winds at 090°/14 kt, visibility 3.7 SM, scattered at 1,600 ft, and scattered at 30,000 ft. Reported weather: VCRA RA. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR MNPC 271500Z 09014KT 6000 VCRA SCT016TCU SCT300 29/28 Q1010 TCURA N/NE/SE/W/NW

MNPC · day 27 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 090° at 14 kt · visibility 3.7 SM · scattered layer at 1,600 ft · scattered layer at 30,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 28°C · altimeter 29.83" Hg · weather: VCRA RA

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 14 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

090°14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

09★ HDG 090° H14 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 8,130'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

27 HDG 270° T14 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,052 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

1,900FT

+1,848 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

FIELD ELEV52 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT147 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 +1,848 ft above MNPC's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT300

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

SCT016

Scattered · base 1,600 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER30,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,698 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:06ZSUNRISE

17:32ZSOLAR NOON

23:58ZSUNSET

00:21ZCIVIL END

CURRENT15:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 35m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:21Z (8h 58m) DAY LENGTH12h 52m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION84% MOONRISE19:58Z MOONSET08:50Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of MNPC.

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