// Station · 52m ago

VLPS

Pakse International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 360° / 2 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 10,000 ft

T/Td 27°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 351 FT

15.1340°N / 105.7799°E

LOCATION · Pakse, LA

WIND

360°2 kt

VLPS · 351 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

360°/2

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN100

LAYERS

FEW020 BKN100

T / Td

27 / 24

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Light winds at 360°/2 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 2,000 ft, and broken at 10,000 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 VLPS 130100Z 36002KT 9999 FEW020 BKN100 27/24 Q1014 NOSIG

VLPS · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 360° at 2 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · broken layer at 10,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 360° @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

360°2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

15 HDG 150° —CALM —— 7,874'

33 HDG 330° —CALM —— 7,874'

Pattern altitude: 1,351 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 +13°C

1,800FT

+1,449 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV351 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT328 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at VLOS (Oudomsay Airport, Oudomsay, elev 1,804 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// 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)

BKN100

Broken · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,987 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+7)

22:49ZSUNRISE

04:44ZSOLAR NOON

10:39ZSUNSET

11:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:52Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 47m VFR NIGHT BEGINS11:01Z (9h 08m) DAY LENGTH11h 50m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE00:11Z MOONSET12:02Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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