// Station · 16m ago

NFTF

Fua'amotu International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 9 kt G17

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 18°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.18 inHg

ELEV 126 FT

21.2414°S / 175.1492°W

LOCATION · Nuku'alofa, TO

WIND

120°9 kt

NFTF · 126 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/9G17

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW015

T / Td

18 / 13

ALTIM

30.18"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 120°/9 kt, gusting 17. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,500 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 251600Z 12009G17KT 070V160 9999 FEW015 18/13 Q1022 RMK GRASS DEW

NFTF · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 120° at 9 kt, gusts to 17 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,500 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 9 ktG17

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

120°9G17 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

11★ HDG 110° H9 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 8,795'

17 HDG 170° H6 kt X7 kt LEFT 4,951'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

35 HDG 350° T6 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

29 HDG 290° T9 kt X2 kt LEFT —

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 +3°C

200FT

+74 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV126 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT-134 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at NFTE (Kaufana Airport, Eua Island, elev 325 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+2%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-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)

FEW015

Few · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL9,217 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

17:57ZSUNRISE

23:44ZSOLAR NOON

05:31ZSUNSET

05:53ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 14m VFR NIGHT BEGINS05:53Z (13h 36m) DAY LENGTH11h 33m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE03:59Z MOONSET15:33Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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