// Station · 53m ago

SKSM

Simón Bolívar International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 4 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.77 inHg

ELEV 22 FT

11.1196°N / 74.2306°W

LOCATION · Santa Marta, CO

WIND

130°4 kt

SKSM · 22 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/4

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

28 / 24

ALTIM

29.77"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 130°/4 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,000 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 SKSM 271100Z 13004KT 050V170 9999 FEW020 28/24 Q1008

SKSM · day 27 at 11:00 UTC · wind from 130° at 4 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.77" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

130°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

01 HDG 010° —CALM —— 5,577'

19 HDG 190° —CALM —— 5,577'

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 +13°C

1,800FT

+1,778 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV22 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT176 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 MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,163 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:34ZSUNRISE

16:55ZSOLAR NOON

23:16ZSUNSET

23:39ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:53Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 23m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:39Z (11h 46m) DAY LENGTH12h 42m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE19:19Z MOONSET08:01Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of SKSM.

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