// Station · 6m ago

YBCS

Cairns International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 160° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING OVC at 2,100 ft

T/Td 26°C / 22°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 10 FT

16.8789°S / 145.7495°E

LOCATION · Cairns, AU

WIND

160°9 kt

YBCS · 10 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

OVC021

LAYERS

FEW014 OVC021

T / Td

26 / 22

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,100 ft. Moderate winds at 160°/9 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 1,400 ft, and overcast at 2,100 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 YBCS 130100Z AUTO 16009KT 9999 // FEW014 OVC021 26/22 Q1018

YBCS · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 160° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,400 ft · overcast at 2,100 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

160°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

15★ HDG 150° H9 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,489'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

33 HDG 330° T9 kt X2 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 +11°C

1,200FT

+1,190 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV10 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT-132 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC021

Overcast · base 2,100 ft AGL · 8 oktas

FEW014

Few · base 1,400 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,100 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,100 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL13,141 ft VFR MARGIN-900 ft

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

19:51ZSUNRISE

02:04ZSOLAR NOON

08:17ZSUNSET

08:39ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 10m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:39Z (7h 32m) DAY LENGTH12h 25m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE21:12Z MOONSET09:38Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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