// Station · 7h 53m ago · STALE · HARD STALE
SELT
Cotopaxi International Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 160° / 10 kt
VIS 6+ SM
CEILING Few/scattered only
T/Td 10°C / 8°C
ALTIM 30.47 inHg
ELEV 9,205 FT
0.9068°S / 78.6158°W
LOCATION · Latacunga, EC
WIND
160°10 kt
SELT · 9,205 FT
© OSM · CartoDB
// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 03Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
160°/10
VIS
6+ SM
CEILING
—
LAYERS
FEW016 SCT030
T / Td
10 / 8
ALTIM
30.47"
// Interpretation
VFR with moderate winds at 160°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,600 ft, and scattered at 3,000 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
Loading TAF forecast narrative…
// Want this glance-able on 10 airports? METAR Deck →// Raw observation METAR string + decoded
METAR SELT 270300Z 16010KT 9999 FEW016 SCT030 10/08 Q1032 RMK A3049
SELT · day 27 at 03:00 UTC · wind from 160° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,600 ft · scattered layer at 3,000 ft · temp 10°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 30.47" Hg
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 160° @ 10 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
WIND
160°10 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS
1 usable
18★
HDG 180°
H9 kt
X3 kt LEFT
PRIMARY · 12,117'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID
1 ends
36
HDG 360°
T9 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 +12°C
10,100FT
+895 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +100 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV9,205 FT
OAT+10°C
ISA DELTA+12°C
PRESSURE ALT8,650 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at SETU
(Lieutenant Colonel Luis A. Mantilla International Airport, Tulcán, elev 9,649 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
DANGEROUS
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+101%
-71%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+71%
-45%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+40%
-30%
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.
// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)
11:10ZSUNRISE
17:13ZSOLAR NOON
23:15ZSUNSET
23:37ZCIVIL END
CURRENT10:53Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 21m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:37Z (12h 43m)
DAY LENGTH12h 04m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION83%
MOONRISE19:53Z
MOONSET07:58Z
FULL MOON IN4 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 4 shown · 150 NM (sparse area)
SEQM
LIFR
→
VFR
12Z
Mariscal Sucre International Airport · Quito
- WIND
- VRB / 3 kt
- VIS
- 0.06 SM
- CEILING
- OVC001
- DIST
- 49 NM N
- AGE
- 7m ago
SEGU
VFR
José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport · Guayaquil
- WIND
- 230° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW026
- DIST
- 107 NM SW
- AGE
- 53m ago
SKIP
MVFR
San Luis Airport · Ipiales
- WIND
- VRB / 1 kt
- VIS
- —
- CEILING
- BKN026
- DIST
- 120 NM NE
- AGE
- 53m ago
SEMT
MVFR
→
VFR
18Z
Eloy Alfaro International Airport · Manta
- WIND
- 190° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN023
- DIST
- 124 NM W
- AGE
- 53m ago
// Area map · 140 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
© OpenStreetMap · CartoDB · OpenAIP
//
Want this on your Stream Deck? METAR Deck shows real-time category and conditions for any 10 airports — built by the team that ships this page.
Get METAR Deck →