// Station · 14m ago

SBJP

Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 15 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29°C / 20°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 217 FT

7.1487°S / 34.9505°W

LOCATION · João Pessoa, BR

WIND

150°15 kt

SBJP · 217 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/15

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW030

T / Td

29 / 20

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 150°/15 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,000 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 SBJP 251800Z 15015KT 9999 FEW030 29/20 Q1014

SBJP · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 150° at 15 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 15 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

150°15 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

16★ HDG 160° H15 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,251'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

34 HDG 340° T15 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,217 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

+1,683 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV217 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT194 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SBKG (Presidente João Suassuna Airport, Campina Grande, elev 1,646 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

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. 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)

FEW030

Few · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,863 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

08:25ZSUNRISE

14:23ZSOLAR NOON

20:21ZSUNSET

20:42ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:14Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 07m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:42Z (2h 28m) DAY LENGTH11h 55m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE18:31Z MOONSET06:27Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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