// Station · 11m ago

YCFS

Coffs Harbour Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 250° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,100 ft

T/Td 19°C / 19°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 18 FT

30.3206°S / 153.1160°E

LOCATION · Coffs Harbour, AU

WIND

250°5 kt

YCFS · 18 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN011

LAYERS

BKN011 BKN055

T / Td

19 / 19

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,100 ft. Light winds at 250°/5 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 1,100 ft, and broken at 5,500 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI YCFS 271246Z AUTO 25005KT 9999 // BKN011 BKN055 19/19 Q1015

YCFS · day 27 at 12:46 UTC · wind from 250° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 1,100 ft · broken layer at 5,500 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

250°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

28★ HDG 280° H4 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 2,785'

21 HDG 210° H4 kt X3 kt RIGHT 6,824'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

03 HDG 030° T4 kt X3 kt LEFT —

10 HDG 100° T4 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 +4°C

400FT

+382 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

FIELD ELEV18 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT-35 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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN055

Broken · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN011

Broken · base 1,100 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,100 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL9,614 ft VFR MARGIN-1,900 ft

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

20:34ZSUNRISE

01:46ZSOLAR NOON

06:57ZSUNSET

07:23ZCIVIL END

CURRENT12:57Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:23Z (past) DAY LENGTH10h 23m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE05:21Z MOONSET15:44Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of YCFS.

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

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