// Station · 5h 11m ago · STALE

NZSP

Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 7 kt

VIS 5.6 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td -72°C / —

ALTIM 27.86 inHg

WX IC BR

ELEV 9,300 FT

90.0000°S / 1.0000°W

LOCATION · Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, AQ

WIND

120°7 kt

NZSP · 9,300 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/7

VIS

5.6 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

—

ALTIM

27.86"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 120°/7 kt. Visibility 5.6 SM and no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: ice crystals and mist (IC BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. 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 NZSP 251150Z 12007KT 9000 IC BR SKC M72/ A2786 RMK CLN AIR 11010KT ALL WNDS GRID

NZSP · day 25 at 11:50 UTC · wind from 120° at 7 kt · visibility 5.6 SM · altimeter 27.86" Hg · weather: ice crystals and mist (IC BR)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

120°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

20T★ HDG 200° H1 kt X7 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 12,013'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

02T HDG 020° T1 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 10,300 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 -65°C

3,600FT

-5,700 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV9,300 FT OAT-72°C ISA DELTA-65°C PRESSURE ALT11,358 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at AT98 ([Duplicate] Wolf's Fang Runway, Queen Maud Island, elev 3,707 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+36%

-25%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+25%

-16%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+14%

-11%

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 LEVEL9,300 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+0)

// POLAR NIGHT — sun does not rise at this latitude on this date

—SUNRISE

12:07ZSOLAR NOON

—SUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT17:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH0h

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE— MOONSET— FULL MOON IN2 days

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