// Station · 26m ago

YBMK

Mackay Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 220° / 2 kt

VIS 0.37 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 15°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

WX FG

ELEV 19 FT

21.1708°S / 149.1826°E

LOCATION · Mackay, AU

WIND

220°2 kt

YBMK · 19 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/2

VIS

0.37 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT005

T / Td

15 / 15

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

LIFR — visibility 0.37 SM. Light winds at 220°/2 kt, visibility 0.37 SM, scattered at 500 ft. Reported weather: fog (FG). Fog is water droplets suspended at the surface with visibility under 5/8 SM; it typically burns off with daytime heating or a pickup in wind. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI YBMK 252000Z AUTO 22002KT 0600 FG SCT005 15/15 Q1020

YBMK · day 25 at 20:00 UTC · wind from 220° at 2 kt · visibility 0.37 SM · scattered layer at 500 ft · temp 15°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg · weather: fog (FG)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

220°2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 6,499'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 6,499'

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 4,409'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 4,409'

Pattern altitude: 1,019 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 +0°C

-200FT

-219 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV19 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT-182 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YCCT (Coconut Island Airport, elev 3 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT005

Scattered · base 500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL7,595 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

20:19ZSUNRISE

02:06ZSOLAR NOON

07:53ZSUNSET

08:16ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:26Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 27m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:16Z (11h 49m) DAY LENGTH11h 33m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE06:30Z MOONSET18:04Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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