// Station · 12m ago

NZWN

Wellington International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 020° / 16 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 13°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 41 FT

41.3268°S / 174.8069°E

LOCATION · Wellington, NZ

WIND

020°16 kt

NZWN · 41 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

020°/16

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

13 / 10

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 020°/16 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 NZWN 251800Z AUTO 02016KT 9999 NCD 13/10 Q1021

NZWN · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 020° at 16 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 13°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 020° @ 16 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

020°16 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

34★ HDG 340° H12 kt X10 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,352'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

16 HDG 160° T12 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 -2°C

-500FT

-541 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV41 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT-189 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -500 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -541 ft above NZWN'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 · 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 LEVEL6,607 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

18:57ZSUNRISE

00:24ZSOLAR NOON

05:50ZSUNSET

06:18ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 38m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:18Z (12h 06m) DAY LENGTH10h 53m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE05:04Z MOONSET15:57Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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