// Station · 20m ago

YBNA

Ballina Byron Gateway Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING OVC at 11,000 ft

T/Td 20°C / 17°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 7 FT

28.8332°S / 153.5615°E

LOCATION · Ballina, AU

WIND

300°5 kt

YBNA · 7 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

OVC110

LAYERS

OVC110

T / Td

20 / 17

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 11,000 ft. Light winds at 300°/5 kt, visibility 6+ SM, overcast at 11,000 ft. 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 YBNA 260000Z AUTO 30005KT 9999 // OVC110 20/17 Q1020

YBNA · day 26 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 300° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · overcast at 11,000 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

300°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

24★ HDG 240° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,234'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

06 HDG 060° T3 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,007 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 +5°C

400FT

+393 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV7 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT-194 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YSNW (Naval Air Station Nowra - HMAS Albatross, Nowra Hill, elev 400 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC110

Overcast · base 11,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING11,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL10,108 ft VFR MARGIN+8,000 ft

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

20:09ZSUNRISE

01:49ZSOLAR NOON

07:29ZSUNSET

07:53ZCIVIL END

CURRENT00:20Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 09m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:53Z (7h 33m) DAY LENGTH11h 20m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE06:27Z MOONSET17:48Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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