// Station · 53m ago

VCBI

Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 020° / 3 kt

VIS 5.6 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 30 FT

7.1808°N / 79.8841°E

LOCATION · Colombo, LK

WIND

020°3 kt

VCBI · 30 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

020°/3

VIS

5.6 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW018

T / Td

25 / 25

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 020°/3 kt. Visibility 5.6 SM and a few at 1,800 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 VCBI 130010Z 02003KT 9000 FEW018 25/25 Q1011 NOSIG

VCBI · day 13 at 00:10 UTC · wind from 020° at 3 kt · visibility 5.6 SM · a few clouds at 1,800 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 020° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

020°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 10,991'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 10,991'

Pattern altitude: 1,030 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 +10°C

1,300FT

+1,270 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV30 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT95 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,300 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,270 ft above VCBI's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

FEW018

Few · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,656 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

00:28ZSUNRISE

06:27ZSOLAR NOON

12:27ZSUNSET

12:48ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 23m VFR NIGHT BEGINS12:48Z (11h 44m) DAY LENGTH11h 59m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE01:49Z MOONSET13:48Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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