// Station · 37m ago

YBCG

Gold Coast Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 350° / 13 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 26°C / 20°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 21 FT

28.1660°S / 153.5066°E

LOCATION · Gold Coast, AU

WIND

350°13 kt

YBCG · 21 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

350°/13

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 20

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 350°/13 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 YBCG 130030Z AUTO 35013KT 9999 // NCD 26/20 Q1018

YBCG · day 13 at 00:30 UTC · wind from 350° at 13 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 350° @ 13 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

350°13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

35★ HDG 350° H13 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 1,909'

32 HDG 320° H11 kt X6 kt RIGHT 8,176'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

14 HDG 140° T11 kt X7 kt LEFT —

17 HDG 170° T13 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,021 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 +11°C

1,200FT

+1,179 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV21 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT-121 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YBMA (Mount Isa Airport, Mount Isa, elev 1,121 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

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 · 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 LEVEL13,152 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+10)

19:13ZSUNRISE

01:33ZSOLAR NOON

07:53ZSUNSET

08:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 46m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:17Z (7h 10m) DAY LENGTH12h 40m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE20:34Z MOONSET09:14Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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