// Station · 35m ago

WABB

Frans Kaisiepo Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 2 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 46 FT

1.1900°S / 136.1080°E

LOCATION · Biak, ID

WIND

VRB2 kt

WABB · 46 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/2

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW015

T / Td

25 / 24

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/2 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,500 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 WABB 111430Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW015 25/24 Q1011 NOSIG

WABB · day 11 at 14:30 UTC · wind variable at 2 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,500 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg

// 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 ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV46 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT111 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 MINOR

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.

// 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)

21:00ZSUNRISE

03:02ZSOLAR NOON

09:03ZSUNSET

09:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT15:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:26Z (18h 21m) DAY LENGTH12h 03m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE18:26Z MOONSET06:29Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of WABB.

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