// Station · 10m ago

ROMD

Minamidaito Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 170° / 12 kt

VIS 4.3 SM

CEILING BKN at 1,300 ft

T/Td 28°C / 26°C

ALTIM 29.62 inHg

ELEV 167 FT

25.8465°N / 131.2630°E

LOCATION · Minamidaito, JP

WIND

170°12 kt

ROMD · 167 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/12

VIS

4.3 SM

CEILING

BKN013

LAYERS

BKN013

T / Td

28 / 26

ALTIM

29.62"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,300 ft. Moderate winds at 170°/12 kt, visibility 4.3 SM, broken at 1,300 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 ROMD 251800Z AUTO 17012KT 7000 BKN013 28/26 Q1003

ROMD · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 170° at 12 kt · visibility 4.3 SM · broken layer at 1,300 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.62" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 12 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

170°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

20★ HDG 200° H10 kt X6 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,921'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

02 HDG 020° T10 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,167 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

2,100FT

+1,933 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV167 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT468 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at RJAF (Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport, Matsumoto, elev 2,182 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN013

Broken · base 1,300 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL14,308 ft VFR MARGIN-1,700 ft

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

20:53ZSUNRISE

03:18ZSOLAR NOON

09:43ZSUNSET

10:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:10Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 32m VFR NIGHT BEGINS10:06Z (15h 55m) DAY LENGTH12h 49m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE07:00Z MOONSET19:49Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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