// Station · 11m ago

YPAD

Adelaide International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 17 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 12°C / 7°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 20 FT

34.9475°S / 138.5334°E

LOCATION · Adelaide, AU

WIND

280°17 kt

YPAD · 20 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/17

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW025

T / Td

12 / 7

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 280°/17 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,500 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 111400Z 28017KT 9999 FEW025 12/07 Q1014

YPAD · day 11 at 14:00 UTC · wind from 280° at 17 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,500 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 17 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

280°17 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

30★ HDG 300° H16 kt X6 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,420'

23 HDG 230° H11 kt X13 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 76%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

05 HDG 050° T11 kt X13 kt LEFT —

12 HDG 120° T16 kt X6 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)

FEW025

Few · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL6,081 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

21:53ZSUNRISE

02:52ZSOLAR NOON

07:50ZSUNSET

08:18ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:18Z (past) DAY LENGTH9h 56m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE19:17Z MOONSET05:14Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of YPAD.

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