// Station · 1h 17m ago · STALE

VOTK

Tuticorin Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 280° / 8 kt

VIS 3.1 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 31°C / 23°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 129 FT

8.7242°N / 78.0258°E

LOCATION · Vagaikulam, IN

WIND

280°8 kt

VOTK · 129 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/8

VIS

3.1 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW018 SCT100

T / Td

31 / 23

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 3.1 SM. Moderate winds at 280°/8 kt, visibility 3.1 SM, a few at 1,800 ft, and scattered at 10,000 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 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 VOTK 251500Z 28008KT 5000 HZ FEW018 SCT100 31/23 Q1011 NOSIG

VOTK · day 25 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 280° at 8 kt · visibility 3.1 SM · a few clouds at 1,800 ft · scattered layer at 10,000 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg · weather: haze (HZ)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

280°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

28★ HDG 280° H8 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 4,434'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

10 HDG 100° T8 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,129 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 +16°C

2,200FT

+2,071 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV129 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT194 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at VOMY (Mysore Airport, Mysore, elev 2,349 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)

SCT100

Scattered · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW018

Few · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL15,786 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

00:41ZSUNRISE

06:51ZSOLAR NOON

13:01ZSUNSET

13:23ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS13:23Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 20m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE10:43Z MOONSET23:04Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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