// Station · 31m ago

NCAI

Aitutaki Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 080° / 19 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 10,000 ft

T/Td 25°C / 19°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 14 FT

18.8309°S / 159.7640°W

LOCATION · Aitutaki, CK

WIND

080°19 kt

NCAI · 14 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

080°/19

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN100

LAYERS

FEW034 BKN100

T / Td

25 / 19

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Brisk winds at 080°/19 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 3,400 ft, and broken at 10,000 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 NCAI 251630Z AUTO 08019KT 17KM FEW034/// BKN100/// 25/19 Q1018

NCAI · day 25 at 16:30 UTC · wind from 080° at 19 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 3,400 ft · broken layer at 10,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 080° @ 19 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

080°19 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

14★ HDG 140° H10 kt X16 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,920'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

32 HDG 320° T10 kt X16 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,014 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 +10°C

1,000FT

+986 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV14 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT-128 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,000 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +986 ft above NCAI's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+10%

-7%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+7%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

BKN100

Broken · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW034

Few · base 3,400 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL12,640 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-11)

16:53ZSUNRISE

22:42ZSOLAR NOON

04:31ZSUNSET

04:53ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 30m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:53Z (11h 52m) DAY LENGTH11h 37m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE02:57Z MOONSET14:35Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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