// Station · 2h 4m ago · STALE

NZSP

Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 060° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td -62°C / —

ALTIM 28.38 inHg

WX IC

ELEV 9,300 FT

90.0000°S / 1.0000°W

LOCATION · Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, AQ

WIND

060°8 kt

NZSP · 9,300 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

060°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW010

T / Td

—

ALTIM

28.38"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 060°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,000 ft. Reported weather: ice crystals (IC). 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 122350Z 06008KT 9999 IC FEW010 M62/ A2838 RMK CLN AIR 04010KT ALL WNDS GRID SDG/HDG

NZSP · day 12 at 23:50 UTC · wind from 060° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,000 ft · altimeter 28.38" Hg · weather: ice crystals (IC)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 060° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

060°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

02T★ HDG 020° H6 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 12,013'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

20T HDG 200° T6 kt X5 kt LEFT —

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 -56°C

4,200FT

-5,100 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV9,300 FT OAT-62°C ISA DELTA-56°C PRESSURE ALT10,839 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

+42%

-29%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+29%

-19%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+17%

-13%

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)

FEW010

Few · base 1,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL9,300 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

// 24h DAYLIGHT — sun does not set at this latitude on this date

—SUNRISE

11:51ZSOLAR NOON

—SUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT01:54Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH24h

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE— MOONSET— FULL MOON IN13 days

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