// Station · 10m ago

YPAD

Adelaide International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 14 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 4,600 ft

T/Td 12°C / 7°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 20 FT

34.9475°S / 138.5334°E

LOCATION · Adelaide, AU

WIND

280°14 kt

YPAD · 20 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/14

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN046

LAYERS

BKN046

T / Td

12 / 7

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,600 ft. Brisk winds at 280°/14 kt, visibility 6+ SM, 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 YPAD 111600Z AUTO 28014KT 9999 // BKN046 12/07 Q1014

YPAD · day 11 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 280° at 14 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 4,600 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 14 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

280°14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

30★ HDG 300° H13 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,420'

23 HDG 230° H9 kt X11 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 79%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

05 HDG 050° T9 kt X11 kt LEFT —

12 HDG 120° T13 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,020 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 -3°C

-400FT

-420 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV20 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT-3 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YKSC (Kingscote Airport, elev 24 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN046

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

// Computed

CEILING4,600 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL6,081 ft VFR MARGIN+1,600 ft

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

21:53ZSUNRISE

02:52ZSOLAR NOON

07:51ZSUNSET

08:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:10Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 40m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:19Z (16h 08m) DAY LENGTH9h 57m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE19:21Z MOONSET05:19Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of YPAD.

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