// Station · 33m ago

RCFN

Taitung Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 030° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 21°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 143 FT

22.7549°N / 121.1018°E

LOCATION · Taitung City, TW

WIND

030°5 kt

RCFN · 143 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

030°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

28 / 21

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 030°/5 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,000 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 RCFN 130030Z 03005KT 340V060 9999 FEW020 28/21 Q1017 NOSIG RMK A3004

RCFN · day 13 at 00:30 UTC · wind from 030° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 030° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

030°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

04★ HDG 040° H5 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,999'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

22 HDG 220° T5 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,143 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 +13°C

1,600FT

+1,457 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV143 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT31 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,600 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,457 ft above RCFN's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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)

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,284 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+8)

21:52ZSUNRISE

03:43ZSOLAR NOON

09:33ZSUNSET

09:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 30m VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:56Z (8h 52m) DAY LENGTH11h 41m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE23:13Z MOONSET10:54Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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