// Station · 11m ago

SAAP

General Urquiza Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 19°C / 8°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 242 FT

31.7948°S / 60.4804°W

LOCATION · Parana, AR

WIND

050°8 kt

SAAP · 242 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

19 / 8

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 050°/8 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 SAAP 251800Z 05008KT 340V080 CAVOK 19/08 Q1015

SAAP · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 050° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 19°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

050°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

1★ HDG 010° H6 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,890'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

19 HDG 190° T6 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,242 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 +4°C

700FT

+458 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV242 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT189 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SAOV (Presidente Néstor Kirchner Regional Airport, Villa Maria, elev 670 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+7%

-5%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+5%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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 LEVEL9,838 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-4)

10:28ZSUNRISE

16:05ZSOLAR NOON

21:42ZSUNSET

22:07ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 31m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:07Z (3h 56m) DAY LENGTH11h 13m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:34Z MOONSET07:48Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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