// 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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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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW017

Few · base 1,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL6,297 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// 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)

NFTF

VFR

Fua'amotu International Airport · Nuku'alofa

WIND: CALM
VIS: 6+ SM
CEILING: FEW015
DIST: 173 NM SW
AGE: 14m ago

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