// Station · 7h 21m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

VCCC

Colombo Ratmalana International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 230° / 7 kt

VIS 5.6 SM

CEILING BKN at 6,000 ft

T/Td 29°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 22 FT

6.8216°N / 79.8859°E

LOCATION · Colombo, LK

WIND

230°7 kt

VCCC · 22 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

230°/7

VIS

5.6 SM

CEILING

BKN060

LAYERS

SCT016 BKN060

T / Td

29 / 24

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Light winds at 230°/7 kt, visibility 5.6 SM, scattered at 1,600 ft, and broken at 6,000 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 VCCC 251300Z 23007KT 9000 SCT016 BKN060 29/24 Q1012 A2989

VCCC · day 25 at 13:00 UTC · wind from 230° at 7 kt · visibility 5.6 SM · scattered layer at 1,600 ft · broken layer at 6,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 230° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

230°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

22★ HDG 220° H7 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,013'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

04 HDG 040° T7 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,022 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 +14°C

1,800FT

+1,778 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV22 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT58 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,800 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,778 ft above VCCC's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

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. 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN060

Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT016

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

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL14,668 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

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

00:35ZSUNRISE

06:43ZSOLAR NOON

12:52ZSUNSET

13:13ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 30m VFR NIGHT BEGINS13:13Z (16h 52m) DAY LENGTH12h 17m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE10:46Z MOONSET23:03Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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