// Station · 1h 7m ago · STALE

SBSC

Santa Cruz Air Force Base

CAT MVFR

WIND CALM

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 6,000 ft

T/Td 24°C / 22°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 10 FT

22.9324°S / 43.7191°W

LOCATION · Rio de Janeiro, BR

WIND

000°0 kt

SBSC · 10 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

BKN060

LAYERS

SCT025 BKN060

T / Td

24 / 22

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 5.0 SM. Winds calm, visibility 5.0 SM, scattered at 2,500 ft, and broken at 6,000 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR SBSC 130000Z 00000KT 8000 SCT025 BKN060 24/22 Q1014

SBSC · day 13 at 00:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 5.0 SM · scattered layer at 2,500 ft · broken layer at 6,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

5 HDG 050° —CALM —— 8,986'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 8,986'

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 +9°C

1,100FT

+1,090 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV10 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT-13 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SBZM (Presidente Itamar Franco Airport, Juiz de Fora, elev 1,348 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+11%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN060

Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT025

Scattered · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL12,131 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

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

08:26ZSUNRISE

14:42ZSOLAR NOON

20:58ZSUNSET

21:21ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS21:21Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 32m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE09:47Z MOONSET22:19Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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