// Station · 34m ago

NCAI

Aitutaki Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 090° / 20 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 19°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 14 FT

18.8309°S / 159.7640°W

LOCATION · Aitutaki, CK

WIND

090°20 kt

NCAI · 14 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/20

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW034

T / Td

28 / 19

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with strong winds at 090°/20 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 3,400 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 130030Z AUTO 09020KT 18KM FEW034/// 28/19 Q1016

NCAI · day 13 at 00:30 UTC · wind from 090° at 20 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 3,400 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 20 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

090°20 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

14★ HDG 140° H13 kt X15 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,920'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

32 HDG 320° T13 kt X15 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 +13°C

1,500FT

+1,486 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV14 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT-68 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,500 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,486 ft above NCAI's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW034

Few · base 3,400 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,155 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

16:12ZSUNRISE

22:26ZSOLAR NOON

04:40ZSUNSET

05:02ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 36m VFR NIGHT BEGINS05:02Z (3h 58m) DAY LENGTH12h 27m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE17:33Z MOONSET06:01Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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