// Station · 20m ago

VOTV

Thiruvananthapuram International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 270° / 11 kt

VIS 3.7 SM

CEILING BKN at 8,000 ft

T/Td 29°C / 26°C

ALTIM 29.83 inHg

ELEV 15 FT

8.4819°N / 76.9200°E

LOCATION · Thiruvananthapuram, IN

WIND

270°11 kt

VOTV · 15 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 09Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/11

VIS

3.7 SM

CEILING

BKN080

LAYERS

SCT012 FEW025 BKN080

T / Td

29 / 26

ALTIM

29.83"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 3.7 SM. Moderate winds at 270°/11 kt, visibility 3.7 SM, scattered at 1,200 ft, a few at 2,500 ft, and broken at 8,000 ft. 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 VOTV 270930Z 27011KT 6000 SCT012 FEW025CB BKN080 29/26 Q1010 TEMPO 3000 RA

VOTV · day 27 at 09:30 UTC · wind from 270° at 11 kt · visibility 3.7 SM · scattered layer at 1,200 ft · a few clouds at 2,500 ft · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.83" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 11 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

270°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

32★ HDG 320° H7 kt X8 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 11,148'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

14 HDG 140° T7 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,015 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

+1,785 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV15 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT110 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at VOPN (Sri Sathya Sai Airport, Puttaparthi, elev 1,558 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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.

// Cloud layers · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN080

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

FEW025

Few · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

SCT012

Scattered · base 1,200 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL14,661 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

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

00:33ZSUNRISE

06:50ZSOLAR NOON

13:07ZSUNSET

13:30ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:50Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 17m VFR NIGHT BEGINS13:30Z (3h 40m) DAY LENGTH12h 33m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE09:14Z MOONSET21:48Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 200 NM (very sparse)

VOTK

LIFR

Tuticorin Airport · Vagaikulam

WIND: 320° / 20 ktG35
VIS: 0.62 SM
CEILING: SCT018
DIST: 67 NM E
AGE: 20m ago

VOCI

MVFR → IFR 16Z

Cochin International Airport · Kochi

WIND: 230° / 10 kt
VIS: 3.1 SM
CEILING: BKN080
DIST: 105 NM N
AGE: 20m ago

VOMD

MVFR → IFR 15Z

Madurai Airport · Madurai

WIND: 110° / 5 kt
VIS: 3.7 SM
CEILING: SCT020
DIST: 107 NM NE
AGE: 20m ago

VOCB

MVFR → IFR 18Z

Coimbatore International Airport · Coimbatore

WIND: 220° / 8 ktG18
VIS: 4.3 SM
CEILING: SCT012
DIST: 153 NM N
AGE: 20m ago

VOCL

MVFR → IFR 16Z

Calicut International Airport · Calicut

WIND: 230° / 10 kt
VIS: 3.7 SM
CEILING: SCT012
DIST: 169 NM N
AGE: 20m ago

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