// Station · 9m ago

TNCA

Queen Beatrix International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 090° / 22 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 31°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 60 FT

12.5011°N / 70.0143°W

LOCATION · Oranjestad, AW

WIND

090°22 kt

TNCA · 60 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/22

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT021

T / Td

31 / 25

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with strong winds at 090°/22 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 2,100 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 TNCA 251400Z 09022KT 9999 SCT021 31/25 Q1014 NOSIG

TNCA · day 25 at 14:00 UTC · wind from 090° at 22 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 2,100 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 22 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

090°22 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

11★ HDG 110° H21 kt X8 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

29 HDG 290° T21 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,060 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 +16°C

2,000FT

+1,940 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV60 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT37 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 2,000 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,940 ft above TNCA's actual elevation.

// 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT021

Scattered · base 2,100 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,100 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL15,717 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:30ZSUNRISE

16:43ZSOLAR NOON

22:56ZSUNSET

23:18ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:09Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 47m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:18Z (9h 08m) DAY LENGTH12h 26m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE20:28Z MOONSET08:54Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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