// Station · 15m ago

NGTA

Bonriki International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 2 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 10,000 ft

T/Td 27°C / 26°C

ALTIM 29.83 inHg

WX VCSH

ELEV 9 FT

1.3816°N / 173.1470°E

LOCATION · South Tarawa, KI

WIND

VRB2 kt

NGTA · 9 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/2

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN100

LAYERS

FEW017 SCT040 BKN100

T / Td

27 / 26

ALTIM

29.83"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Light winds at variable/2 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 1,700 ft, scattered at 4,000 ft, and broken at 10,000 ft. Reported weather: showers in the vicinity (VCSH). 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 NGTA 251600Z VRB02KT 9999 VCSH FEW017TCU SCT040 BKN100 27/26 Q1010

NGTA · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind variable at 2 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,700 ft · scattered layer at 4,000 ft · broken layer at 10,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.83" Hg · weather: showers in the vicinity (VCSH)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 6,598'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 6,598'

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 +12°C

1,600FT

+1,591 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV9 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT104 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,600 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,591 ft above NGTA's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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. 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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN100

Broken · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT040

Scattered · base 4,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW017

Few · base 1,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL13,645 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

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

18:26ZSUNRISE

00:30ZSOLAR NOON

06:35ZSUNSET

06:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 19m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:56Z (14h 40m) DAY LENGTH12h 08m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE04:28Z MOONSET16:37Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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