// Station · 1h 4m ago · STALE

SAWC

El Calafate - Commander Armando Tola International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 11°C / -1°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 669 FT

50.2820°S / 72.0540°W

LOCATION · El Calafate, AR

WIND

210°10 kt

SAWC · 669 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW030

T / Td

11 / -1

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 210°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,000 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 SAWC 130000Z 21010KT 9999 FEW030 11/M01 Q1013

SAWC · day 13 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 210° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,000 ft · temp 11°C / dewpoint -1°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

210°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

25★ HDG 250° H8 kt X6 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,366'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

7 HDG 070° T8 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

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 -3°C

400FT

-269 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV669 FT OAT+11°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT675 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SAWU (Santa Cruz Airport, Puerto Santa Cruz, elev 364 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-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)

FEW030

Few · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL6,225 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

09:54ZSUNRISE

16:35ZSOLAR NOON

23:17ZSUNSET

23:50ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:50Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 22m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE11:15Z MOONSET00:38Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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