// Station · 6m ago

NZAA

Auckland International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 15 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,400 ft

T/Td 20°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 23 FT

37.0120°S / 174.7863°E

LOCATION · Auckland, NZ

WIND

280°15 kt

NZAA · 23 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/15

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN034

LAYERS

FEW025 BKN034

T / Td

20 / 15

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,400 ft. Brisk winds at 280°/15 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 2,500 ft, and broken at 3,400 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 130100Z AUTO 28015KT 9999 FEW025/// BKN034/// 20/15 Q1020

NZAA · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 280° at 15 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,500 ft · broken layer at 3,400 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 15 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

280°15 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

23L★ HDG 230° H10 kt X11 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 11,926'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

05R HDG 050° T10 kt X11 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 +5°C

400FT

+377 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV23 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT-178 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at NZAR (Ardmore Airport, Manurewa, elev 111 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN034

Broken · base 3,400 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW025

Few · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,400 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL10,124 ft VFR MARGIN+400 ft

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

17:41ZSUNRISE

00:08ZSOLAR NOON

06:35ZSUNSET

07:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 29m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:01Z (5h 55m) DAY LENGTH12h 54m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE19:02Z MOONSET07:56Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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