// Station · 22m ago

SEAM

Chachoán Regional Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 180° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,000 ft

T/Td 18°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.42 inHg

ELEV 8,502 FT

1.2121°S / 78.5746°W

LOCATION · Ambato, EC

WIND

180°9 kt

SEAM · 8,502 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN030

LAYERS

BKN030 BKN100

T / Td

18 / 13

ALTIM

30.42"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 3,000 ft. Moderate winds at 180°/9 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 3,000 ft, and broken at 10,000 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 SEAM 252000Z 18009KT 9999 BKN030 BKN100 18/13 Q1030

SEAM · day 25 at 20:00 UTC · wind from 180° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 3,000 ft · broken layer at 10,000 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.42" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

180°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

19★ HDG 190° H9 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,316'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

01 HDG 010° T9 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 9,502 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 +19°C

10,300FT

+1,798 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV8,502 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT8,006 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 10,300 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,798 ft above SEAM's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+103%

-72%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+72%

-46%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+41%

-31%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN100

Broken · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN030

Broken · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL17,593 ft VFR MARGIN+0 ft

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

11:15ZSUNRISE

17:17ZSOLAR NOON

23:20ZSUNSET

23:41ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:41Z (3h 19m) DAY LENGTH12h 04m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:26Z MOONSET09:31Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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