// Station · 7m ago

NFFN

Nadi International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 310° / 17 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29°C / 18°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 59 FT

17.7618°S / 177.4378°E

LOCATION · Nadi, FJ

WIND

310°17 kt

NFFN · 59 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/17

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW030

T / Td

29 / 18

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 310°/17 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,000 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 NFFN 130100Z 31017KT 9999 FEW030 29/18 Q1015 NOSIG

NFFN · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 310° at 17 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 17 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

310°17 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

27★ HDG 270° H13 kt X11 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,007'

02 HDG 020° H6 kt X16 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 94%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

20 HDG 200° T6 kt X16 kt RIGHT —

09 HDG 090° T13 kt X11 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,059 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

1,700FT

+1,641 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV59 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT6 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,641 ft above NFFN's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-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)

FEW030

Few · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,705 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+12)

17:44ZSUNRISE

23:57ZSOLAR NOON

06:11ZSUNSET

06:33ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 04m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:33Z (5h 26m) DAY LENGTH12h 26m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE19:05Z MOONSET07:32Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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