// Station · 3m ago

NFTL

Lifuka Island Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 15 kt G25

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 20°C / 14°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 31 FT

19.7770°S / 174.3410°W

LOCATION · Lifuka, TO

WIND

130°15 kt

NFTL · 31 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/15G25

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW015

T / Td

20 / 14

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 130°/15 kt, gusting 25. 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

SPECI NFTL 251700Z 13015G25KT 9999 FEW015 20/14 Q1020

NFTL · day 25 at 17:00 UTC · wind from 130° at 15 kt, gusts to 25 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,500 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 15 ktG25

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

130°15G25 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

11★ HDG 110° H14 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,937'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

29 HDG 290° T14 kt X5 kt LEFT —

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 +5°C

400FT

+369 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV31 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT-170 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

+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)

FEW015

Few · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL10,132 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

17:52ZSUNRISE

23:40ZSOLAR NOON

05:29ZSUNSET

05:51ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 25m VFR NIGHT BEGINS05:51Z (12h 47m) DAY LENGTH11h 36m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE03:56Z MOONSET15:33Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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