// Station · 3h 0m ago · STALE

VCRI

Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 230° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 8,000 ft

T/Td 25°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 157 FT

6.2839°N / 81.1242°E

LOCATION · Mattala, LK

WIND

230°6 kt

VCRI · 157 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

230°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN080

LAYERS

FEW018 BKN080

T / Td

25 / 25

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,000 ft. Light winds at 230°/6 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 1,800 ft, and broken at 8,000 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 VCRI 251510Z 23006KT 9999 FEW018 BKN080 25/25 Q1013

VCRI · day 25 at 15:10 UTC · wind from 230° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,800 ft · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 230° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

230°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

23★ HDG 230° H6 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 11,483'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

05 HDG 050° T6 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,157 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

1,400FT

+1,243 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV157 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT163 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,400 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,243 ft above VCRI's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN080

Broken · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW018

Few · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL12,783 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

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

00:30ZSUNRISE

06:39ZSOLAR NOON

12:47ZSUNSET

13:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:10Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS13:08Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 16m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE10:37Z MOONSET22:53Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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