// Station · 12m ago

NFTV

Vava'u International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 20°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 236 FT

18.5853°S / 173.9620°W

LOCATION · Vava'u Island, TO

WIND

120°5 kt

NFTV · 236 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW008 SCT015

T / Td

20 / 15

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 120°/5 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 800 ft, and scattered 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 NFTV 251800Z 12005KT 9999 FEW008 SCT015TCU 20/15 Q1020

NFTV · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 120° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 800 ft · scattered layer at 1,500 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

120°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

08★ HDG 080° H4 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,593'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

26 HDG 260° T4 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,236 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

600FT

+364 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV236 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT35 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

+6%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-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)

SCT015

Scattered · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW008

Few · base 800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL10,337 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

17:50ZSUNRISE

23:39ZSOLAR NOON

05:28ZSUNSET

05:50ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 16m VFR NIGHT BEGINS05:50Z (11h 38m) DAY LENGTH11h 38m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE03:56Z MOONSET15:34Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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