// Station · 2m ago

YBCG

Gold Coast Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 310° / 4 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,300 ft

T/Td 19°C / 18°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 21 FT

28.1660°S / 153.5066°E

LOCATION · Gold Coast, AU

WIND

310°4 kt

YBCG · 21 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/4

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN013

LAYERS

BKN013 OVC019 OVC039

T / Td

19 / 18

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,300 ft. Light winds at 310°/4 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 1,300 ft, overcast at 1,900 ft, and overcast at 3,900 ft. 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

SPECI YBCG 251615Z AUTO 31004KT 9999 // BKN013 OVC019 OVC039 19/18 Q1019

YBCG · day 25 at 16:15 UTC · wind from 310° at 4 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 1,300 ft · overcast at 1,900 ft · overcast at 3,900 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

310°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 8,176'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 8,176'

17 HDG 170° —CALM —— 1,909'

35 HDG 350° —CALM —— 1,909'

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 +4°C

300FT

+279 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV21 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT-150 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YBIE (Bedourie Airport, Bedourie, elev 300 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC039

Overcast · base 3,900 ft AGL · 8 oktas

OVC019

Overcast · base 1,900 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN013

Broken · base 1,300 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,900 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,617 ft VFR MARGIN-1,700 ft

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

20:08ZSUNRISE

01:49ZSOLAR NOON

07:30ZSUNSET

07:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 12m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:54Z (15h 36m) DAY LENGTH11h 21m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE06:11Z MOONSET17:32Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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