// Station · 27m ago

YGLA

Gladstone Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 12 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 20°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 64 FT

23.8698°S / 151.2254°E

LOCATION · Gladstone, AU

WIND

050°12 kt

YGLA · 64 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/12

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT028

T / Td

28 / 20

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 050°/12 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 2,800 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 YGLA 130130Z AUTO 05012KT 9999 // SCT028 28/20 Q1019

YGLA · day 13 at 01:30 UTC · wind from 050° at 12 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 2,800 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 12 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

050°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

10★ HDG 100° H8 kt X9 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,364'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

28 HDG 280° T8 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,064 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

1,400FT

+1,336 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV64 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT-107 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

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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)

SCT028

Scattered · base 2,800 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,205 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

19:25ZSUNRISE

01:42ZSOLAR NOON

07:59ZSUNSET

08:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:57Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 02m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:22Z (6h 25m) DAY LENGTH12h 34m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE20:48Z MOONSET09:22Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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