// Station · 16m ago

VVTS

Tan Son Nhat International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 28°C / 26°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

ELEV 33 FT

10.8188°N / 106.6520°E

LOCATION · Ho Chi Minh City, VN

WIND

240°10 kt

VVTS · 33 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

28 / 26

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 240°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 VVTS 251600Z 24010KT CAVOK 28/26 Q1009 NOSIG

VVTS · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 240° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

240°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

25R★ HDG 250° H10 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,007'

25L HDG 250° H10 kt X2 kt LEFT 12,468'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

07L HDG 070° T10 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

07R HDG 070° T10 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,033 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

+1,767 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV33 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT157 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at VVBM (Buon Ma Thuot Airport, Buon Ma Thuot, elev 1,729 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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL14,174 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

22:45ZSUNRISE

04:57ZSOLAR NOON

11:09ZSUNSET

11:30ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS11:30Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 23m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE08:47Z MOONSET21:11Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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