// Station · 47m ago

NGFU

Funafuti International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 1 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29°C / 26°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 9 FT

8.5239°S / 179.1970°E

LOCATION · Funafuti, TV

WIND

VRB1 kt

NGFU · 9 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 09Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/1

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

29 / 26

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/1 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,000 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 NGFU 270900Z VRB01KT 9999 FEW020 29/26 Q1011

NGFU · day 27 at 09:00 UTC · wind variable at 1 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 1 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB1 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

03 HDG 030° —CALM —— 5,040'

21 HDG 210° —CALM —— 5,040'

Pattern altitude: 1,009 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 +14°C

1,800FT

+1,791 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV9 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT74 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,800 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,791 ft above NGFU's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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)

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,655 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

18:11ZSUNRISE

00:01ZSOLAR NOON

05:52ZSUNSET

06:14ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:47Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:14Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 40m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE02:52Z MOONSET14:32Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of NGFU.

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