// Station · 21m ago

SCDA

Diego Aracena International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 220° / 18 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 20°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 155 FT

20.5363°S / 70.1814°W

LOCATION · Iquique, CL

WIND

220°18 kt

SCDA · 155 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/18

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW026

T / Td

20 / 15

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 220°/18 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,600 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 SCDA 252000Z 22018KT 9999 FEW026 20/15 Q1011

SCDA · day 25 at 20:00 UTC · wind from 220° at 18 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,600 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 18 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

220°18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

19★ HDG 190° H16 kt X9 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,991'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

01 HDG 010° T16 kt X9 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,155 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

+745 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV155 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT220 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)

FEW026

Few · base 2,600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL10,256 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:57ZSUNRISE

16:44ZSOLAR NOON

22:31ZSUNSET

22:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 10m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:54Z (2h 32m) DAY LENGTH11h 34m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:07Z MOONSET08:42Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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