// Station · 19m ago

SKSM

Simón Bolívar International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 30°C / 27°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

ELEV 22 FT

11.1196°N / 74.2306°W

LOCATION · Santa Marta, CO

WIND

270°5 kt

SKSM · 22 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

30 / 27

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 270°/5 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 SKSM 251600Z 27005KT 9999 NSC 30/27 Q1009

SKSM · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 270° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 30°C / dewpoint 27°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

270°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

19★ HDG 190° H1 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,577'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

01 HDG 010° T1 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,022 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 +15°C

2,000FT

+1,978 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV22 FT OAT+30°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT146 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SKQU (Mariquita Airport, Mariquita, elev 1,531 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL15,174 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:48ZSUNRISE

17:00ZSOLAR NOON

23:12ZSUNSET

23:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 52m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:34Z (7h 14m) DAY LENGTH12h 24m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:51Z MOONSET09:15Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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