// Station · 32m ago

NZFX

Phoenix Airfield

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 16,000 ft

T/Td -22°C / -26°C

ALTIM 29.29 inHg

ELEV 18 FT

77.9564°S / 166.7667°E

LOCATION · McMurdo Station, AQ

WIND

160°9 kt

NZFX · 18 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN160

LAYERS

SCT025 BKN160

T / Td

-22 / -26

ALTIM

29.29"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 16,000 ft. Moderate winds at 160°/9 kt, visibility 6+ SM, scattered at 2,500 ft, and broken at 16,000 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 NZFX 130155Z 16009KT 9999 SCT025 BKN160 M22/M26 A2929 RMK AO2A SLP914 LSR12 GRID33009KT SDG/HDG

NZFX · day 13 at 01:55 UTC · wind from 160° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 2,500 ft · broken layer at 16,000 ft · temp -22°C / dewpoint -26°C · altimeter 29.29" Hg · sea-level pressure 991.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

160°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

15★ HDG 150° H9 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

33 HDG 330° T9 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,018 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 -36°C

-3,600FT

-3,618 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV18 FT OAT-22°C ISA DELTA-36°C PRESSURE ALT644 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -3,600 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -3,618 ft above NZFX'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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN160

Broken · base 16,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT025

Scattered · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING16,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER16,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL18 ft VFR MARGIN+13,000 ft

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

15:45ZSUNRISE

00:40ZSOLAR NOON

09:35ZSUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT02:27Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 07m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH17h 49m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE17:09Z MOONSET10:58Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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