// Station · 1h 0m ago · STALE

SCAT

Desierto de Atacama Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 270° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,800 ft

T/Td 17°C / 12°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 670 FT

27.2612°S / 70.7792°W

LOCATION · Copiapo, CL

WIND

270°5 kt

SCAT · 670 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN018

LAYERS

BKN018

T / Td

17 / 12

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,800 ft. Light winds at 270°/5 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 1,800 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 SCAT 251600Z 27005KT 230V300 9999 BKN018 17/12 Q1018

SCAT · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 270° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 1,800 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

270°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

35★ HDG 350° H1 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,218'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

17 HDG 170° T1 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

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 +3°C

900FT

+230 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV670 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT528 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN018

Broken · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL9,256 ft VFR MARGIN-1,200 ft

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

11:05ZSUNRISE

16:46ZSOLAR NOON

22:28ZSUNSET

22:51ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:00Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 27m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:51Z (5h 51m) DAY LENGTH11h 22m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:09Z MOONSET08:32Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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