// Station · 4m ago

SCBA

Balmaceda Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 5°C / 1°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 1,722 FT

45.9160°S / 71.6895°W

LOCATION · Balmaceda, CL

WIND

250°5 kt

SCBA · 1,722 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

5 / 1

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 250°/5 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 SCBA 130059Z AUTO 25005KT 9999 NCD 05/01 Q1015

SCBA · day 13 at 00:59 UTC · wind from 250° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 5°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

250°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

27★ HDG 270° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,205'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

09 HDG 090° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,722 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 -7°C

900FT

-822 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,722 FT OAT+5°C ISA DELTA-7°C PRESSURE ALT1,669 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SCCY (Teniente Vidal Airport, Coyhaique, elev 1,020 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

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 LEVEL4,247 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

09:58ZSUNRISE

16:34ZSOLAR NOON

23:10ZSUNSET

23:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:40Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 11m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE11:19Z MOONSET00:31Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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