// Station · 10m ago

YCFS

Coffs Harbour Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 7 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING OVC at 7,200 ft

T/Td 19°C / 16°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

WX -SHRA

ELEV 18 FT

30.3206°S / 153.1160°E

LOCATION · Coffs Harbour, AU

WIND

280°7 kt

YCFS · 18 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/7

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

OVC072

LAYERS

OVC072

T / Td

19 / 16

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,200 ft. Light winds at 280°/7 kt, visibility 6+ SM, overcast at 7,200 ft. Reported weather: light rain showers (-SHRA). 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 YCFS 251800Z AUTO 28007KT 9999 -SHRA OVC072 19/16 Q1018

YCFS · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 280° at 7 kt · visibility 6+ SM · overcast at 7,200 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg · weather: light rain showers (-SHRA)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

280°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

28★ HDG 280° H7 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 2,785'

21 HDG 210° H2 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

03 HDG 030° T2 kt X7 kt LEFT —

10 HDG 100° T7 kt X0 kt — —

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

300FT

+282 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV18 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT-124 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YHAY (Hay Airport, elev 305 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-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)

OVC072

Overcast · base 7,200 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,614 ft VFR MARGIN+4,200 ft

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

20:12ZSUNRISE

01:51ZSOLAR NOON

07:29ZSUNSET

07:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:10Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 18m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:54Z (13h 43m) DAY LENGTH11h 17m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE06:18Z MOONSET17:36Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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