// Station · 26m ago

NGTA

Bonriki International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 32°C / 26°C

ALTIM 29.77 inHg

ELEV 9 FT

1.3816°N / 173.1470°E

LOCATION · South Tarawa, KI

WIND

270°10 kt

NGTA · 9 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

32 / 26

ALTIM

29.77"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 270°/10 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 NGTA 130200Z 27010KT 9999 FEW020 32/26 Q1008

NGTA · day 13 at 02:00 UTC · wind from 270° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.77" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

270°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

27★ HDG 270° H10 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 6,598'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

09 HDG 090° T10 kt X0 kt — —

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 +17°C

2,200FT

+2,191 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV9 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT163 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 2,200 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,191 ft above NGTA's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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 · 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 LEVEL16,171 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

18:12ZSUNRISE

00:14ZSOLAR NOON

06:17ZSUNSET

06:38ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:26Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 50m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:38Z (4h 11m) DAY LENGTH12h 05m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE19:36Z MOONSET07:41Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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