// Station · 1h 2m ago · STALE

SAWG

Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 3°C / 0°C

ALTIM 29.50 inHg

ELEV 61 FT

51.6088°S / 69.3089°W

LOCATION · Rio Gallegos, AR

WIND

250°8 kt

SAWG · 61 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT020

T / Td

3 / 0

ALTIM

29.50"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 250°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered 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 SAWG 251600Z 25008KT 9999 SCT020 03/00 Q0999

SAWG · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 250° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 2,000 ft · temp 3°C / dewpoint 0°C · altimeter 29.50" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

250°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

25★ HDG 250° H8 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 11,644'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

7 HDG 070° T8 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,061 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 -11°C

-800FT

-861 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV61 FT OAT+3°C ISA DELTA-11°C PRESSURE ALT481 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -800 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -861 ft above SAWG's actual elevation.

// 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)

SCT020

Scattered · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL1,576 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:30ZSUNRISE

16:40ZSOLAR NOON

21:51ZSUNSET

22:25ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 48m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:25Z (5h 22m) DAY LENGTH10h 20m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:34Z MOONSET07:55Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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