// Station · 17m ago

SEMT

Eloy Alfaro International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 15 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 9,000 ft

T/Td 28°C / 22°C

ALTIM 29.83 inHg

ELEV 48 FT

0.9461°S / 80.6788°W

LOCATION · Manta, EC

WIND

190°15 kt

SEMT · 48 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/15

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN090

LAYERS

SCT023 BKN090

T / Td

28 / 22

ALTIM

29.83"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 9,000 ft. Brisk winds at 190°/15 kt, visibility 6+ SM, scattered at 2,300 ft, and broken at 9,000 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 SEMT 251600Z 19015KT 9999 SCT023 BKN090 28/22 Q1010 RMK A2984

SEMT · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 190° at 15 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 2,300 ft · broken layer at 9,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.83" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 15 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

190°15 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

23★ HDG 230° H11 kt X10 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,383'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

05 HDG 050° T11 kt X10 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,048 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 +13°C

1,700FT

+1,652 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV48 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT143 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SESD (Santo Domingo de Los Colorados Airport, Santo Domingo de Los Colorades, elev 1,640 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN090

Broken · base 9,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT023

Scattered · base 2,300 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING9,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL14,189 ft VFR MARGIN+6,000 ft

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

11:23ZSUNRISE

17:26ZSOLAR NOON

23:29ZSUNSET

23:50ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 11m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:50Z (7h 32m) DAY LENGTH12h 05m

Waxing Gibbous

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

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