// Station · 10m ago

SVMI

Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 23°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 234 FT

10.6022°N / 66.9912°W

LOCATION · Maiquetía, VE

WIND

050°5 kt

SVMI · 234 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT016

T / Td

28 / 23

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 050°/5 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 1,600 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 SVMI 111300Z 05005KT 9999 SCT016 28/23 Q1015 REDZ

SVMI · day 11 at 13:00 UTC · wind from 050° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 1,600 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

050°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

09★ HDG 090° H4 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,930'

10 HDG 100° H3 kt X4 kt LEFT 11,483'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

28 HDG 280° T3 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

27 HDG 270° T4 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,234 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

+1,566 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV234 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT181 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at SVCS (Caracas Óscar Machado Zuloaga International Airport, Charallave, elev 2,145 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)

SCT016

Scattered · base 1,600 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,375 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-4)

10:13ZSUNRISE

16:34ZSOLAR NOON

22:55ZSUNSET

23:18ZCIVIL END

CURRENT13:10Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 44m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:18Z (10h 07m) DAY LENGTH12h 42m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE07:35Z MOONSET20:17Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of SVMI.

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