// Station · 7m ago

NFTL

Lifuka Island Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 100° / 15 kt G25

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,600 ft

T/Td 23°C / 19°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

WX -SHRA

ELEV 31 FT

19.7770°S / 174.3410°W

LOCATION · Lifuka, TO

WIND

100°15 kt

NFTL · 31 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

100°/15G25

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN016

LAYERS

FEW009 BKN016

T / Td

23 / 19

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,600 ft. Brisk winds at 100°/15 kt, gusting 25, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 900 ft, and broken at 1,600 ft. Reported weather: light rain showers (-SHRA). Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI NFTL 130100Z 10015G25KT 9999 -SHRA FEW009 BKN016TCU 23/19 Q1018

NFTL · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 100° at 15 kt, gusts to 25 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 900 ft · broken layer at 1,600 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg · weather: light rain showers (-SHRA)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 100° @ 15 ktG25

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

100°15G25 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

11★ HDG 110° H15 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,937'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

29 HDG 290° T15 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,031 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 +8°C

800FT

+769 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV31 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT-111 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 MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+8%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN016

Broken · base 1,600 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW009

Few · base 900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,600 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL11,647 ft VFR MARGIN-1,400 ft

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

17:10ZSUNRISE

23:24ZSOLAR NOON

05:39ZSUNSET

06:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 31m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:01Z (4h 53m) DAY LENGTH12h 28m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE18:31Z MOONSET07:00Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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