// Station · 15m ago

SAWC

El Calafate - Commander Armando Tola International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 340° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 3°C / -1°C

ALTIM 29.50 inHg

ELEV 669 FT

50.2820°S / 72.0540°W

LOCATION · El Calafate, AR

WIND

340°5 kt

SAWC · 669 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT009

T / Td

3 / -1

ALTIM

29.50"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 340°/5 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 900 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 SAWC 251600Z 34005KT 310V010 9999 SCT009 03/M01 Q0999

SAWC · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 340° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 900 ft · temp 3°C / dewpoint -1°C · altimeter 29.50" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 0 AVOID

WIND

340°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

7★ HDG 070° H0 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,366'

25 HDG 250° H0 kt X5 kt RIGHT 8,366'

Pattern altitude: 1,669 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 -10°C

-100FT

-769 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV669 FT OAT+3°C ISA DELTA-10°C PRESSURE ALT1,089 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SAWG (Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport, Rio Gallegos, elev 61 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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)

SCT009

Scattered · base 900 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER900 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL2,184 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

11:39ZSUNRISE

16:51ZSOLAR NOON

22:04ZSUNSET

22:37ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 48m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:37Z (6h 22m) DAY LENGTH10h 25m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:41Z MOONSET08:06Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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