// Station · 17m ago

NZAA

Auckland International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 7 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 9°C / 7°C

ALTIM 30.33 inHg

ELEV 23 FT

37.0120°S / 174.7863°E

LOCATION · Auckland, NZ

WIND

270°7 kt

NZAA · 23 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/7

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW040

T / Td

9 / 7

ALTIM

30.33"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 270°/7 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 4,000 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 NZAA 251600Z AUTO 27007KT 9999 FEW040/// 09/07 Q1027

NZAA · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 270° at 7 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · temp 9°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 30.33" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

270°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

23L★ HDG 230° H5 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 11,926'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

05R HDG 050° T5 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,023 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 -7°C

-1,200FT

-1,223 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV23 FT OAT+9°C ISA DELTA-7°C PRESSURE ALT-384 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 -1,223 ft above NZAA's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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)

FEW040

Few · base 4,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL4,568 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

18:52ZSUNRISE

00:24ZSOLAR NOON

05:56ZSUNSET

06:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 38m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:22Z (14h 05m) DAY LENGTH11h 03m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE04:55Z MOONSET15:58Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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