// Station · 15m ago

SKBQ

Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 33°C / 26°C

ALTIM 29.77 inHg

ELEV 98 FT

10.8896°N / 74.7808°W

LOCATION · Barranquilla, CO

WIND

050°10 kt

SKBQ · 98 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW030

T / Td

33 / 26

ALTIM

29.77"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 050°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,000 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 SKBQ 251800Z 05010KT 010V080 9999 FEW030 33/26 Q1008

SKBQ · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 050° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,000 ft · temp 33°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.77" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

050°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

05★ HDG 050° H10 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 9,842'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

23 HDG 230° T10 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,098 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 +18°C

2,500FT

+2,402 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV98 FT OAT+33°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT252 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SKGZ (La Jagua Airport, Garzón, elev 2,620 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+25%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-8%

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)

FEW030

Few · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL16,765 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:50ZSUNRISE

17:02ZSOLAR NOON

23:14ZSUNSET

23:36ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:36Z (5h 20m) DAY LENGTH12h 23m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:57Z MOONSET09:21Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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