// Station · 10m ago

VTSP

Phuket International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 12 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 82 FT

8.1133°N / 98.3174°E

LOCATION · Phuket, TH

WIND

280°12 kt

VTSP · 82 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/12

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

28 / 25

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 280°/12 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,000 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 VTSP 251800Z 28012KT 9999 FEW020 28/25 Q1011 NOSIG

VTSP · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 280° at 12 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 12 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

280°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

27★ HDG 270° H12 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,171'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

09 HDG 090° T12 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,082 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

1,700FT

+1,618 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV82 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT147 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at VTCT (Mae Fah Luang - Chiang Rai International Airport, Chiang Rai, elev 1,280 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,223 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

23:20ZSUNRISE

05:30ZSOLAR NOON

11:39ZSUNSET

12:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:10Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 28m VFR NIGHT BEGINS12:01Z (17h 50m) DAY LENGTH12h 19m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE09:27Z MOONSET21:46Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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