// Station · 36m ago

YBTL

Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville

CAT VFR

WIND 060° / 14 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29°C / 21°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 18 FT

19.2529°S / 146.7665°E

LOCATION · Townsville, AU

WIND

060°14 kt

YBTL · 18 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

060°/14

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

29 / 21

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 060°/14 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,000 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 YBTL 130030Z 06014KT 9999 FEW020 29/21 Q1019

YBTL · day 13 at 00:30 UTC · wind from 060° at 14 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 060° @ 14 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

060°14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

07★ HDG 070° H14 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,609'

01 HDG 010° H9 kt X11 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 79%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

19 HDG 190° T9 kt X11 kt LEFT —

25 HDG 250° T14 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,018 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 +14°C

1,500FT

+1,482 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV18 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT-153 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YKRY (Kingaroy Airport, elev 1,492 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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)

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,664 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

19:46ZSUNRISE

02:00ZSOLAR NOON

08:14ZSUNSET

08:36ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 08m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:36Z (7h 30m) DAY LENGTH12h 28m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE21:07Z MOONSET09:35Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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