// Station · 15m ago

SBIP

Usiminas Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 1 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,900 ft

T/Td 27°C / 17°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 786 FT

19.4707°S / 42.4876°W

LOCATION · Ipatinga, BR

WIND

VRB1 kt

SBIP · 786 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/1

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN039

LAYERS

BKN039 OVC049

T / Td

27 / 17

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,900 ft. Light winds at variable/1 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 3,900 ft, and overcast at 4,900 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 SBIP 251600Z AUTO VRB01KT 9999 BKN039 OVC049 27/17 Q1018

SBIP · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind variable at 1 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 3,900 ft · overcast at 4,900 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 1 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB1 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 6,575'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 6,575'

Pattern altitude: 1,786 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 +13°C

2,200FT

+1,414 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV786 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT644 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SBMK (Mário Ribeiro Airport, Montes Claros, elev 2,191 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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)

OVC049

Overcast · base 4,900 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN039

Broken · base 3,900 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,900 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,900 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL14,422 ft VFR MARGIN+900 ft

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

09:05ZSUNRISE

14:53ZSOLAR NOON

20:41ZSUNSET

21:04ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 25m VFR NIGHT BEGINS21:04Z (4h 48m) DAY LENGTH11h 36m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE19:07Z MOONSET06:44Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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