// Station · 5m ago

TAPA

V. C. Bird International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 090° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 62 FT

17.1367°N / 61.7927°W

LOCATION · Osbourn, AG

WIND

090°6 kt

TAPA · 62 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

28 / 25

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 090°/6 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 TAPA 130100Z 09006KT 060V140 9999 FEW020 28/25 Q1013 NOSIG

TAPA · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 090° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

090°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

07★ HDG 070° H6 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,003'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

25 HDG 250° T6 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,062 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

1,600FT

+1,538 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV62 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT68 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,600 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,538 ft above TAPA's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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. 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)

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,203 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:00ZSUNRISE

15:54ZSOLAR NOON

21:49ZSUNSET

22:10ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:10Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 48m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE11:21Z MOONSET23:10Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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