// Station · 1h 2m ago · STALE

SBNT

Natal Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 17 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30°C / 16°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 171 FT

5.9114°S / 35.2477°W

LOCATION · Natal, BR

WIND

150°17 kt

SBNT · 171 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/17

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW035

T / Td

30 / 16

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 150°/17 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,500 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 SBNT 251600Z 15017KT 9999 FEW035 30/16 Q1014

SBNT · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 150° at 17 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,500 ft · temp 30°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 17 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

150°17 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

16L★ HDG 160° H17 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,530'

16R HDG 160° H17 kt X3 kt LEFT 5,905'

12 HDG 120° H15 kt X8 kt RIGHT 5,987'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

30 HDG 300° T15 kt X8 kt LEFT —

34R HDG 340° T17 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

34L HDG 340° T17 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,171 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 +15°C

2,000FT

+1,829 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV171 FT OAT+30°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT148 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 MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-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)

FEW035

Few · base 3,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,323 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

08:25ZSUNRISE

14:24ZSOLAR NOON

20:23ZSUNSET

20:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 21m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:44Z (3h 42m) DAY LENGTH11h 57m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE18:29Z MOONSET06:27Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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