// Station · 14m ago
NFTV
Vava'u International Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 6+ SM
CEILING Few/scattered only
T/Td 12°C / 11°C
ALTIM 29.94 inHg
ELEV 236 FT
18.5853°S / 173.9620°W
LOCATION · Vava'u Island, TO
WIND
000°0 kt
NFTV · 236 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 16Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
6+ SM
CEILING
—
LAYERS
FEW017
T / Td
12 / 11
ALTIM
29.94"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,700 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR NFTV 111600Z 00000KT 9999 FEW017 12/11 Q1014 RMK GRASS DEW
NFTV · day 11 at 16:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,700 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
2 ends
08
HDG 080°
—CALM
——
5,593'
26
HDG 260°
—CALM
——
5,593'
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 -3°C
-100FT
-336 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -400 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV236 FT
OAT+12°C
ISA DELTA-3°C
PRESSURE ALT213 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at NFTL
(Lifuka Island Airport, Lifuka, elev 31 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+0%
-0%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+0%
-0%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+0%
-0%
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.
// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-12)
18:09ZSUNRISE
23:42ZSOLAR NOON
05:14ZSUNSET
05:38ZCIVIL END
CURRENT16:14Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 00m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS05:38Z (13h 24m)
DAY LENGTH11h 04m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%
MOONRISE15:37Z
MOONSET02:42Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 1 shown · 200 NM (very sparse)
// Area map · 180 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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