// Station · 16m ago

WABB

Frans Kaisiepo Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND VRB / 2 kt

VIS 3.1 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

WX FU

ELEV 46 FT

1.1900°S / 136.1080°E

LOCATION · Biak, ID

WIND

VRB2 kt

WABB · 46 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/2

VIS

3.1 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW015

T / Td

25 / 24

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 3.1 SM. Light winds at variable/2 kt, visibility 3.1 SM, a few at 1,500 ft. Reported weather: smoke (FU). Smoke aloft is most often wildfire smoke drifting into the area — fine particulates that scatter light and cut visibility even though the air itself stays dry, so it behaves differently from moisture-based mist or fog. 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 WABB 251600Z VRB02KT 5000 FU FEW015 25/24 Q1013 NOSIG

WABB · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind variable at 2 kt · visibility 3.1 SM · a few clouds at 1,500 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg · weather: smoke (FU)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

11 HDG 110° —CALM —— 11,715'

29 HDG 290° —CALM —— 11,715'

Pattern altitude: 1,046 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 +10°C

1,300FT

+1,254 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV46 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT52 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at WAWS (Soroako Airport, Soroako, elev 1,388 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

FEW015

Few · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,672 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+9)

20:56ZSUNRISE

02:59ZSOLAR NOON

09:01ZSUNSET

09:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 44m VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:22Z (17h 05m) DAY LENGTH12h 04m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE06:59Z MOONSET19:04Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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