// Station · 28m ago

NFTF

Fua'amotu International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 100° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26°C / 19°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 126 FT

21.2414°S / 175.1492°W

LOCATION · Nuku'alofa, TO

WIND

100°10 kt

NFTF · 126 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

100°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW016

T / Td

26 / 19

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 100°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,600 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 NFTF 130200Z 10010KT 9999 FEW016TCU 26/19 Q1019

NFTF · day 13 at 02:00 UTC · wind from 100° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,600 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 100° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

100°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

11★ HDG 110° H10 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,795'

17 HDG 170° H3 kt X9 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 90%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

35 HDG 350° T3 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

29 HDG 290° T10 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,126 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 +11°C

1,300FT

+1,174 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV126 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT-45 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,300 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,174 ft above NFTF's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

FEW016

Few · base 1,600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,257 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

17:12ZSUNRISE

23:28ZSOLAR NOON

05:43ZSUNSET

06:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:28Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 15m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:06Z (3h 37m) DAY LENGTH12h 30m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE18:36Z MOONSET07:07Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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