// Station · 49m ago

NVSC

Sola Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 24°C / 21°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 7 FT

13.8517°S / 167.5370°E

LOCATION · Sola, VU

WIND

000°0 kt

NVSC · 7 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 09Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

24 / 21

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. 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 NVSC 270900Z 00000KT 9999 FEW020 24/21 Q1012

NVSC · day 27 at 09:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.88" 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

15 HDG 150° —CALM —— 2,723'

33 HDG 330° —CALM —— 2,723'

Pattern altitude: 1,007 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 +9°C

1,100FT

+1,093 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV7 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT43 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,100 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,093 ft above NVSC's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+11%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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 LEVEL12,128 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+11)

19:06ZSUNRISE

00:48ZSOLAR NOON

06:30ZSUNSET

06:52ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:49Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:52Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 23m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE03:47Z MOONSET15:10Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 2 shown · 150 NM (sparse area)

NVSG

VFR

Longana Airport · Longana

WIND: 160° / 7 kt
VIS: 6+ SM
CEILING: BKN040
DIST: 91 NM S
AGE: 49m ago

NVSS

VFR

Santo Pekoa International Airport · Luganville

WIND: VRB / 1 kt
VIS: 6+ SM
CEILING: BKN120
DIST: 101 NM S
AGE: 49m ago

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