// Station · 14m ago

SOCA

Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 32°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 26 FT

4.8200°N / 52.3613°W

LOCATION · Matoury, GF

WIND

050°5 kt

SOCA · 26 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW034 SCT160

T / Td

32 / 24

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 050°/5 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,400 ft, and scattered at 16,000 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 SOCA 251800Z AUTO 05005KT 330V090 9999 FEW034 SCT160 32/24 Q1011 TEMPO 4000 SHRA BKN020TCU

SOCA · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 050° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,400 ft · scattered layer at 16,000 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

050°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

08★ HDG 080° H4 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,486'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

26 HDG 260° T4 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,026 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 +17°C

2,200FT

+2,174 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV26 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT91 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 2,200 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,174 ft above SOCA's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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)

SCT160

Scattered · base 16,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW034

Few · base 3,400 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER16,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL16,188 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-3)

09:26ZSUNRISE

15:33ZSOLAR NOON

21:40ZSUNSET

22:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:14Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 26m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:01Z (3h 47m) DAY LENGTH12h 14m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE19:32Z MOONSET07:46Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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