// Station · 21m ago

SEST

San Cristóbal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 6,000 ft

T/Td 27°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

ELEV 62 FT

0.9102°S / 89.6174°W

LOCATION · Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, EC

WIND

160°10 kt

SEST · 62 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN060

LAYERS

FEW020 BKN060

T / Td

27 / 25

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Moderate winds at 160°/10 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 2,000 ft, and broken at 6,000 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 SEST 271500Z 16010KT 9999 FEW020 BKN060 27/25 Q1009 RMK A2982

SEST · day 27 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 160° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · broken layer at 6,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.80" 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

16★ HDG 160° H10 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 6,214'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

34 HDG 340° T10 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,062 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

1,700FT

+1,638 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

FIELD ELEV62 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT186 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SEMA (Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra Airport, Macará, elev 1,508 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN060

Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,698 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:54ZSUNRISE

17:57ZSOLAR NOON

23:59ZSUNSET

00:21ZCIVIL END

CURRENT15:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 37m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:21Z (8h 59m) DAY LENGTH12h 04m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION84% MOONRISE20:46Z MOONSET08:51Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of SEST.

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

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