// Station · 12m ago

SBPL

Senador Nilo Coelho Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 080° / 7 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 29°C / 17°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 1,263 FT

9.3624°S / 40.5691°W

LOCATION · Petrolina, BR

WIND

080°7 kt

SBPL · 1,263 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

080°/7

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

29 / 17

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 080°/7 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 SBPL 111400Z 08007KT CAVOK 29/17 Q1018

SBPL · day 11 at 14:00 UTC · wind from 080° at 7 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 29°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 080° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

080°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

13★ HDG 130° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,055'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

31 HDG 310° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,263 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 +16°C

3,100FT

+1,837 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV1,263 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT1,121 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SBPR (Carlos Prates Airport, Belo Horizonte, elev 3,044 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+31%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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.

// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL15,909 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

09:00ZSUNRISE

14:48ZSOLAR NOON

20:37ZSUNSET

20:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 24m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:59Z (6h 47m) DAY LENGTH11h 36m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE06:24Z MOONSET18:01Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of SBPL.

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