// Station · 17m ago

RCFN

Taitung Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND VRB / 2 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 2,800 ft

T/Td 28°C / 26°C

ALTIM 29.71 inHg

ELEV 143 FT

22.7549°N / 121.1018°E

LOCATION · Taitung City, TW

WIND

VRB2 kt

RCFN · 143 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/2

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN028

LAYERS

FEW015 BKN028 BKN100

T / Td

28 / 26

ALTIM

29.71"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,800 ft. Light winds at variable/2 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 1,500 ft, broken at 2,800 ft, and broken at 10,000 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 RCFN 260000Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW015 BKN028 BKN100 28/26 Q1006 NOSIG RMK A2972

RCFN · day 26 at 00:00 UTC · wind variable at 2 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,500 ft · broken layer at 2,800 ft · broken layer at 10,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.71" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 7,999'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 7,999'

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 +14°C

2,000FT

+1,857 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV143 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT356 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 2,000 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,857 ft above RCFN's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN100

Broken · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN028

Broken · base 2,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW015

Few · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL14,284 ft VFR MARGIN-200 ft

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

21:37ZSUNRISE

03:59ZSOLAR NOON

10:20ZSUNSET

10:43ZCIVIL END

CURRENT00:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 02m VFR NIGHT BEGINS10:43Z (10h 25m) DAY LENGTH12h 43m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE07:56Z MOONSET20:39Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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