// Station · 3m ago

SCAT

Desierto de Atacama Airport

CAT IFR

WIND 240° / 2 kt

VIS 1.2 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 16°C / 10°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 670 FT

27.2612°S / 70.7792°W

LOCATION · Copiapo, CL

WIND

240°2 kt

SCAT · 670 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/2

VIS

1.2 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

16 / 10

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — visibility 1.2 SM. Light winds at 240°/2 kt, visibility 1.2 SM, no reported cloud layers. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR SCAT 130100Z AUTO 24002KT //// R17/P2000N NCD 16/10 Q1015

SCAT · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 240° at 2 kt · visibility 1.2 SM · temp 16°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

240°2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

17 HDG 170° —CALM —— 7,218'

35 HDG 350° —CALM —— 7,218'

Pattern altitude: 1,670 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 +2°C

900FT

+230 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV670 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT617 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 LEVEL8,751 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:11ZSUNRISE

16:30ZSOLAR NOON

22:49ZSUNSET

23:13ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:13Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 38m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE11:32Z MOONSET00:10Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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