// Station · 15m ago

SBSG

Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29°C / 19°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 273 FT

5.7698°S / 35.3666°W

LOCATION · Natal, BR

WIND

130°9 kt

SBSG · 273 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW035

T / Td

29 / 19

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 130°/9 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 SBSG 251800Z 13009KT 080V170 9999 FEW035 29/19 Q1013

SBSG · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 130° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,500 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

130°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

12★ HDG 120° H9 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,843'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

30 HDG 300° T9 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,273 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

+1,727 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV273 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT279 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 LEVEL14,919 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

08:26ZSUNRISE

14:25ZSOLAR NOON

20:24ZSUNSET

20:45ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 08m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:45Z (2h 29m) DAY LENGTH11h 58m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE18:32Z MOONSET06:30Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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