// Station · 16m ago

NCRG

Rarotonga International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 3 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING OVC at 10,000 ft

T/Td 20°C / 12°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 19 FT

21.2027°S / 159.8060°W

LOCATION · Avarua, CK

WIND

130°3 kt

NCRG · 19 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/3

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

OVC100

LAYERS

OVC100

T / Td

20 / 12

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Light winds at 130°/3 kt, visibility 6+ SM, overcast 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 NCRG 251600Z AUTO 13003KT 9999 OVC100/// 20/12 Q1020

NCRG · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 130° at 3 kt · visibility 6+ SM · overcast at 10,000 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

130°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

08 HDG 080° —CALM —— 7,638'

26 HDG 260° —CALM —— 7,638'

Pattern altitude: 1,019 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 +5°C

400FT

+381 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV19 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT-182 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at NCMG (Mangaia Island Airport, Mangaia Island, elev 45 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

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)

OVC100

Overcast · base 10,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL10,120 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

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

16:55ZSUNRISE

22:42ZSOLAR NOON

04:29ZSUNSET

04:52ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 13m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:52Z (12h 35m) DAY LENGTH11h 33m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE02:58Z MOONSET14:32Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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