// Station · 10h 16m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

VOAR

INS Rajali / Arakkonam Naval Air Station

CAT IFR

WIND 100° / 4 kt

VIS 2.8 SM

CEILING BKN at 8,000 ft

T/Td 29°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.77 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 265 FT

13.0712°N / 79.6912°E

LOCATION · Arakkonam, IN

WIND

100°4 kt

VOAR · 265 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

100°/4

VIS

2.8 SM

CEILING

BKN080

LAYERS

FEW020 BKN080

T / Td

29 / 24

ALTIM

29.77"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — visibility 2.8 SM. Light winds at 100°/4 kt, visibility 2.8 SM, a few at 2,000 ft, and broken at 8,000 ft. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR VOAR 281500Z 10004KT 4500 HZ FEW020 BKN080 29/24 Q1008 NOSIG

VOAR · day 28 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 100° at 4 kt · visibility 2.8 SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.77" Hg · weather: haze (HZ)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 100° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

100°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 13,460'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 13,460'

Pattern altitude: 1,265 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 +15°C

2,200FT

+1,935 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV265 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT419 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at VAHB (Hubballi Airport, Hubballi, elev 2,171 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL14,911 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

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

00:31ZSUNRISE

06:43ZSOLAR NOON

12:56ZSUNSET

13:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 39m VFR NIGHT BEGINS13:17Z (12h 00m) DAY LENGTH12h 24m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE13:18Z MOONSET01:43Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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