// Station · 11m ago

SBFN

Fernando de Noronha Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 15 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 193 FT

3.8545°S / 32.4230°W

LOCATION · Fernando de Noronha, BR

WIND

120°15 kt

SBFN · 193 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/15

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW021

T / Td

29 / 24

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 120°/15 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,100 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 SBFN 111600Z AUTO 12015KT 9999 FEW021 29/24 Q1013

SBFN · day 11 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 120° at 15 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,100 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 15 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

120°15 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

12★ HDG 120° H15 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 6,053'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

30 HDG 300° T15 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,193 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

1,900FT

+1,707 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV193 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT199 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SNRU (Caruaru Airport, Caruaru, elev 1,891 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+19%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW021

Few · base 2,100 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,100 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,839 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-2)

08:18ZSUNRISE

14:16ZSOLAR NOON

20:13ZSUNSET

20:35ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 02m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:35Z (4h 24m) DAY LENGTH11h 54m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE05:46Z MOONSET17:41Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of SBFN.

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