// Station · 33m ago

YBNA

Ballina Byron Gateway Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26°C / 22°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 7 FT

28.8332°S / 153.5615°E

LOCATION · Ballina, AU

WIND

120°5 kt

YBNA · 7 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW021

T / Td

26 / 22

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 120°/5 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,100 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 130130Z AUTO 12005KT 9999 // FEW021 26/22 Q1016

YBNA · day 13 at 01:30 UTC · wind from 120° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,100 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

120°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

06★ HDG 060° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,234'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

24 HDG 240° T2 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 +11°C

1,200FT

+1,193 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV7 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT-75 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YYNG (Young Airport, elev 1,267 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW021

Few · base 2,100 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,100 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,138 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

19:12ZSUNRISE

01:33ZSOLAR NOON

07:53ZSUNSET

08:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 49m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:17Z (6h 13m) DAY LENGTH12h 41m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE20:35Z MOONSET09:16Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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