// Station · 11m ago

SCFA

Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 200° / 13 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,900 ft

T/Td 18°C / 14°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 455 FT

23.4453°S / 70.4452°W

LOCATION · Antofagasta, CL

WIND

200°13 kt

SCFA · 455 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/13

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN019

LAYERS

BKN019

T / Td

18 / 14

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,900 ft. Brisk winds at 200°/13 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 1,900 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 SCFA 251800Z 20013KT 9999 BKN019 18/14 Q1014 NOSIG

SCFA · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 200° at 13 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 1,900 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 13 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

200°13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

19★ HDG 190° H13 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,186'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

01 HDG 010° T13 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,455 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 +4°C

900FT

+445 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV455 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT432 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)

BKN019

Broken · base 1,900 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,900 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,900 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL9,546 ft VFR MARGIN-1,100 ft

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

11:00ZSUNRISE

16:45ZSOLAR NOON

22:30ZSUNSET

22:53ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 18m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:53Z (4h 41m) DAY LENGTH11h 29m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:06Z MOONSET08:36Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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