// Station · 54m ago

RJCW

Wakkanai Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 14 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 18°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 30 FT

45.4042°N / 141.8010°E

LOCATION · Wakkanai, JP

WIND

190°14 kt

RJCW · 30 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/14

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

18 / 13

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 190°/14 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 RJCW 130100Z 19014KT 9999 FEW020 BKN/// 18/13 Q1016

RJCW · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 190° at 14 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 14 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

190°14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

26★ HDG 260° H5 kt X13 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,560'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

08 HDG 080° T5 kt X13 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,030 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

300FT

+270 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV30 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT-52 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at RJCT (Tokachi Airport, Obihiro, elev 281 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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 LEVEL9,121 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+9)

20:46ZSUNRISE

02:20ZSOLAR NOON

07:54ZSUNSET

08:23ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:54Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 59m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:23Z (6h 29m) DAY LENGTH11h 07m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE22:09Z MOONSET09:16Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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