// Station · 17m ago

YGLA

Gladstone Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 17°C / 16°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 64 FT

23.8698°S / 151.2254°E

LOCATION · Gladstone, AU

WIND

200°6 kt

YGLA · 64 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT017

T / Td

17 / 16

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 200°/6 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 1,700 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 251600Z AUTO 20006KT 9999 // SCT017 17/16 Q1020

YGLA · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 200° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 1,700 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

200°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

28★ HDG 280° H1 kt X6 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,364'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

10 HDG 100° T1 kt X6 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 +2°C

100FT

+36 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV64 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT-137 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YBUD (Bundaberg Airport, Bundaberg, elev 107 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+1%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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)

SCT017

Scattered · base 1,700 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL8,650 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

20:13ZSUNRISE

01:58ZSOLAR NOON

07:43ZSUNSET

08:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 26m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:06Z (15h 49m) DAY LENGTH11h 29m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE06:16Z MOONSET17:45Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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