// Station · 18m ago

NZWN

Wellington International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 040° / 12 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 2,000 ft

T/Td 13°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.24 inHg

ELEV 41 FT

41.3268°S / 174.8069°E

LOCATION · Wellington, NZ

WIND

040°12 kt

NZWN · 41 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 09Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/12

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN020

LAYERS

BKN020 BKN026

T / Td

13 / 10

ALTIM

30.24"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,000 ft. Moderate winds at 040°/12 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 2,000 ft, and broken at 2,600 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR NZWN 270930Z AUTO 04012KT 9999 BKN020/// BKN026/// 13/10 Q1024

NZWN · day 27 at 09:30 UTC · wind from 040° at 12 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 2,000 ft · broken layer at 2,600 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.24" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 12 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

040°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

34★ HDG 340° H6 kt X10 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,352'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

16 HDG 160° T6 kt X10 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,041 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 -3°C

-600FT

-641 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +400 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV41 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT-278 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -600 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -641 ft above NZWN's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN026

Broken · base 2,600 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN020

Broken · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL6,607 ft VFR MARGIN-1,000 ft

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

19:33ZSUNRISE

00:19ZSOLAR NOON

05:04ZSUNSET

05:35ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:48Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS05:35Z (past) DAY LENGTH9h 30m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE04:14Z MOONSET13:45Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of NZWN.

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

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