// Station · 27m ago

YKSC

Kingscote Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 11 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,900 ft

T/Td 16°C / 9°C

ALTIM 30.36 inHg

ELEV 24 FT

35.7139°S / 137.5210°E

WIND

130°11 kt

YKSC · 24 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/11

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN039

LAYERS

FEW031 BKN039 BKN046

T / Td

16 / 9

ALTIM

30.36"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,900 ft. Moderate winds at 130°/11 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 3,100 ft, broken at 3,900 ft, and broken at 4,600 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 YKSC 130200Z AUTO 13011KT 9999 // FEW031 BKN039 BKN046 16/09 Q1028

YKSC · day 13 at 02:00 UTC · wind from 130° at 11 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,100 ft · broken layer at 3,900 ft · broken layer at 4,600 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.36" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 11 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

130°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

15★ HDG 150° H10 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,819'

19 HDG 190° H6 kt X10 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 91%

06 HDG 060° H4 kt X10 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 91%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

24 HDG 240° T4 kt X10 kt LEFT —

01 HDG 010° T5 kt X10 kt RIGHT —

33 HDG 330° T10 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,024 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 +0°C

-400FT

-424 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV24 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT-413 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YPAD (Adelaide International Airport, Adelaide, elev 20 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN046

Broken · base 4,600 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN039

Broken · base 3,900 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW031

Few · base 3,100 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,900 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL8,105 ft VFR MARGIN+900 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+9)

20:11ZSUNRISE

02:37ZSOLAR NOON

09:03ZSUNSET

09:29ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:27Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 36m VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:29Z (7h 02m) DAY LENGTH12h 52m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE21:35Z MOONSET10:27Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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