// Station · 1h 4m ago · STALE

NFTV

Vava'u International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 110° / 11 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 29,000 ft

T/Td 26°C / 19°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 236 FT

18.5853°S / 173.9620°W

LOCATION · Vava'u Island, TO

WIND

110°11 kt

NFTV · 236 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

110°/11

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN290

LAYERS

SCT016 BKN290

T / Td

26 / 19

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 29,000 ft. Moderate winds at 110°/11 kt, visibility 6+ SM, scattered at 1,600 ft, and broken at 29,000 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 130000Z 11011KT 9999 SCT016TCU BKN290 26/19 Q1018

NFTV · day 13 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 110° at 11 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 1,600 ft · broken layer at 29,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 110° @ 11 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

110°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

08★ HDG 080° H10 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,593'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

26 HDG 260° T10 kt X5 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 +11°C

1,400FT

+1,164 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV236 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT94 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,400 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,164 ft above NFTV's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-4%

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)

BKN290

Broken · base 29,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT016

Scattered · base 1,600 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING29,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER29,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,367 ft VFR MARGIN+26,000 ft

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

17:09ZSUNRISE

23:23ZSOLAR NOON

05:37ZSUNSET

05:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 32m VFR NIGHT BEGINS05:59Z (4h 54m) DAY LENGTH12h 27m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE18:30Z MOONSET06:58Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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