// Station · 14m ago

SBFS

Farol de São Tomé Heliport

CAT VFR

WIND 060° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 10 FT

22.0306°S / 41.0686°W

LOCATION · Campos dos Goytacazes, BR

WIND

060°8 kt

SBFS · 10 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

060°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW025 SCT080

T / Td

29 / 24

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 060°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,500 ft, and scattered at 8,000 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 SBFS 131600Z 06008KT 9999 FEW025 SCT080 29/24 Q1011

SBFS · day 13 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 060° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,500 ft · scattered layer at 8,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 060° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

060°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

13★ HDG 130° H3 kt X8 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 144'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

31 HDG 310° T3 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,010 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

1,800FT

+1,790 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV10 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT75 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SBGW (Edu Chaves Field, Guaratinguetá, elev 1,761 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT080

Scattered · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW025

Few · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,656 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-3)

08:15ZSUNRISE

14:31ZSOLAR NOON

20:47ZSUNSET

21:10ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:14Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 33m VFR NIGHT BEGINS21:10Z (4h 55m) DAY LENGTH12h 32m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION6% MOONRISE10:07Z MOONSET22:39Z FULL MOON IN12 days

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