// Station · 8m ago

YBSU

Sunshine Coast Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 13 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27°C / 22°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 15 FT

26.5933°S / 153.0832°E

LOCATION · Maroochydore, AU

WIND

050°13 kt

YBSU · 15 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/13

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT042

T / Td

27 / 22

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 050°/13 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 4,200 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 YBSU 130100Z AUTO 05013KT 9999 // SCT042 27/22 Q1018

YBSU · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 050° at 13 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 4,200 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 13 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

050°13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

13★ HDG 130° H2 kt X13 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,186'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

31 HDG 310° T2 kt X13 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,015 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 +12°C

1,300FT

+1,285 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV15 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT-127 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YBOK (Oakey Army Aviation Centre, elev 1,335 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

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)

SCT042

Scattered · base 4,200 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,651 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

19:16ZSUNRISE

01:35ZSOLAR NOON

07:54ZSUNSET

08:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 45m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:17Z (7h 09m) DAY LENGTH12h 37m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE20:37Z MOONSET09:15Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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