// Station · 1h 15m ago · STALE

NVSS

Santo Pekoa International Airport

CAT —

WIND 130° / 10 kt

VIS —

CEILING CLR

T/Td 24°C / 20°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 184 FT

15.5050°S / 167.2200°E

LOCATION · Luganville, VU

WIND

130°10 kt

NVSS · 184 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/10

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

24 / 20

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 130°/10 kt. Visibility unreported and no reported cloud layers. 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 NVSS 251500Z AUTO 13010KT //// // NCD 24/20 Q1017

NVSS · day 25 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 130° at 10 kt · temp 24°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

130°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

12★ HDG 120° H10 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,523'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

30 HDG 300° T10 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,184 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

1,200FT

+1,016 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV184 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT72 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,200 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,016 ft above NVSS's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL12,305 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

19:03ZSUNRISE

00:54ZSOLAR NOON

06:46ZSUNSET

07:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 30m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:08Z (14h 52m) DAY LENGTH11h 43m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE05:05Z MOONSET16:48Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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