// Station · 3m ago

SCEL

Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 12°C / 10°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 1,555 FT

33.3930°S / 70.7858°W

LOCATION · Santiago, CL

WIND

140°6 kt

SCEL · 1,555 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW110

T / Td

12 / 10

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 140°/6 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 11,000 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 SCEL 130100Z 14006KT 9999 FEW110 12/10 Q1015 NOSIG

SCEL · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 140° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 11,000 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

140°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17L★ HDG 170° H5 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 12,303'

17R HDG 170° H5 kt X3 kt LEFT 12,303'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

35R HDG 350° T5 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

35L HDG 350° T5 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,555 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 +0°C

1,500FT

-55 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,555 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT1,502 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SCRG (La Independencia Airport, Rancagua, elev 1,610 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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)

FEW110

Few · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL7,616 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:07ZSUNRISE

16:30ZSOLAR NOON

22:54ZSUNSET

23:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:19Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 47m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE11:27Z MOONSET00:15Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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