// Station · 35m ago

YCIN

RAAF Base Curtin

CAT VFR

WIND 230° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 28°C / 18°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 300 FT

17.5814°S / 123.8283°E

LOCATION · Derby, AU

WIND

230°10 kt

YCIN · 300 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

230°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

28 / 18

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 230°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 YCIN 130030Z AUTO 23010KT 9999 // NCD 28/18 Q1017

YCIN · day 13 at 00:30 UTC · wind from 230° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 230° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

230°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

29★ HDG 290° H5 kt X9 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,003'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

11 HDG 110° T5 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,300 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 +13°C

1,800FT

+1,500 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV300 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT188 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YMNE (Mount Keith Airport, elev 1,792 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL14,441 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+8)

21:19ZSUNRISE

03:32ZSOLAR NOON

09:45ZSUNSET

10:07ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 39m VFR NIGHT BEGINS10:07Z (9h 01m) DAY LENGTH12h 26m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE22:39Z MOONSET11:06Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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