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// SBFS · Farol de São Tomé Heliport · Campos dos Goytacazes

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// Station · 4h 15m ago · STALE

SBFS

Farol de São Tomé Heliport
CAT VFR
WIND 020° / 8 kt
VIS 6+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 23°C / 21°C
ALTIM 29.88 inHg
ELEV 10 FT
22.0306°S / 41.0686°W
LOCATION · Campos dos Goytacazes, BR
N
WIND
020°8 kt
SBFS · 10 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 21Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
020°/8
 
 
 
VIS
6+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
23 / 21
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.88"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 020°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 282100Z 02008KT CAVOK 23/21 Q1012

SBFS · day 28 at 21:00 UTC · wind from 020° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 23°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 020° @ 8 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION
N
WIND
020°8 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
31★ HDG 310° H3 kt X8 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 144'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
13 HDG 130° T3 kt X8 kt LEFT —
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 +8°C

1,000FT
+990 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV10 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT46 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SBIP (Usiminas Airport, Ipatinga, elev 786 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+10%
-7%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+7%
-5%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+4%
-3%

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 · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 11,626 FT SBFS ELEV · 10 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL11,626 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

08:59ZSUNRISE
14:47ZSOLAR NOON
20:34ZSUNSET
20:57ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:57Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 35m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE21:46Z MOONSET09:21Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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