// Station · 18m ago

SELT

Cotopaxi International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 170° / 16 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 2,600 ft

T/Td 14°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.50 inHg

WX VCSH

ELEV 9,205 FT

0.9068°S / 78.6158°W

LOCATION · Latacunga, EC

WIND

170°16 kt

SELT · 9,205 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/16

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN026

LAYERS

BKN026

T / Td

14 / 10

ALTIM

30.50"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,600 ft. Brisk winds at 170°/16 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 2,600 ft. Reported weather: showers in the vicinity (VCSH). 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 SELT 251600Z 17016KT 9999 VCSH BKN026 14/10 Q1033 RMK A3051

SELT · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 170° at 16 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 2,600 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.50" Hg · weather: showers in the vicinity (VCSH)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 16 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

170°16 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

18★ HDG 180° H16 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 12,117'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

36 HDG 360° T16 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 10,205 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 +16°C

10,500FT

+1,295 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV9,205 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT8,621 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 10,500 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,295 ft above SELT's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+105%

-74%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+74%

-47%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+42%

-32%

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)

BKN026

Broken · base 2,600 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,600 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL16,276 ft VFR MARGIN-400 ft

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

11:15ZSUNRISE

17:18ZSOLAR NOON

23:20ZSUNSET

23:41ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 01m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:41Z (7h 22m) DAY LENGTH12h 05m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:17Z MOONSET09:23Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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