// Station · 12m ago

VCBI

Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 230° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,600 ft

T/Td 27°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 30 FT

7.1808°N / 79.8841°E

LOCATION · Colombo, LK

WIND

230°9 kt

VCBI · 30 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

230°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN016

LAYERS

BKN016

T / Td

27 / 25

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,600 ft. Moderate winds at 230°/9 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 1,600 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR VCBI 252010Z 23009KT 9999 BKN016 27/25 Q1012 NOSIG

VCBI · day 25 at 20:10 UTC · wind from 230° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 1,600 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 230° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

230°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

22★ HDG 220° H9 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,991'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

04 HDG 040° T9 kt X2 kt LEFT —

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 +12°C

1,500FT

+1,470 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV30 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT66 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,500 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,470 ft above VCBI's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-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)

BKN016

Broken · base 1,600 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,600 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,666 ft VFR MARGIN-1,400 ft

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

00:35ZSUNRISE

06:43ZSOLAR NOON

12:52ZSUNSET

13:13ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 30m VFR NIGHT BEGINS13:13Z (16h 51m) DAY LENGTH12h 17m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE10:45Z MOONSET23:03Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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