// Station · 18m ago

SCAR

Chacalluta International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 20°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 167 FT

18.3485°S / 70.3387°W

LOCATION · Arica, CL

WIND

210°8 kt

SCAR · 167 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

20 / 15

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 210°/8 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 SCAR 252200Z 21008KT CAVOK 20/15 Q1012

SCAR · day 25 at 22:00 UTC · wind from 210° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 20°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

210°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

21★ HDG 210° H8 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 9,186'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

03 HDG 030° T8 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,167 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 +5°C

900FT

+733 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV167 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT203 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SCHA (Chamonate Airport, Copiapo, elev 984 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+9%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

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 · 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 LEVEL10,268 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

10:55ZSUNRISE

16:44ZSOLAR NOON

22:34ZSUNSET

22:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT22:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:56Z (38m) DAY LENGTH11h 38m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE21:10Z MOONSET08:48Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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