// Station · 36m ago

YBCS

Cairns International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 22°C / 19°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 10 FT

16.8789°S / 145.7495°E

LOCATION · Cairns, AU

WIND

190°6 kt

YBCS · 10 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

22 / 19

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 190°/6 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 YBCS 251330Z AUTO 19006KT 9999 // NCD 22/19 Q1020

YBCS · day 25 at 13:30 UTC · wind from 190° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 22°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

190°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

15★ HDG 150° H5 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,489'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

33 HDG 330° T5 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,010 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 +7°C

600FT

+590 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV10 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT-191 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YCCY (Cloncurry Airport, Cloncurry, elev 616 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+6%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-2%

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 LEVEL11,121 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

20:30ZSUNRISE

02:20ZSOLAR NOON

08:11ZSUNSET

08:32ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING18h 04m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:32Z (18h 26m) DAY LENGTH11h 41m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE06:28Z MOONSET18:09Z FULL MOON IN3 days

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