// Station · 33m ago

YPAD

Adelaide International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 12 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING OVC at 4,900 ft

T/Td 16°C / 5°C

ALTIM 30.33 inHg

ELEV 20 FT

34.9475°S / 138.5334°E

LOCATION · Adelaide, AU

WIND

210°12 kt

YPAD · 20 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/12

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

OVC049

LAYERS

OVC049

T / Td

16 / 5

ALTIM

30.33"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,900 ft. Moderate winds at 210°/12 kt, visibility 6+ SM, overcast at 4,900 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 130030Z AUTO 21012KT 9999 // OVC049 16/05 Q1027

YPAD · day 13 at 00:30 UTC · wind from 210° at 12 kt · visibility 6+ SM · overcast at 4,900 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 5°C · altimeter 30.33" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 12 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

210°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

23★ HDG 230° H11 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,171'

12 HDG 120° H0 kt X12 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

30 HDG 300° H0 kt X12 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

05 HDG 050° T11 kt X4 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 +0°C

-400FT

-420 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV20 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT-387 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 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC049

Overcast · base 4,900 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING4,900 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,900 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL8,101 ft VFR MARGIN+1,900 ft

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

20:07ZSUNRISE

02:33ZSOLAR NOON

08:58ZSUNSET

09:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 55m VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:24Z (8h 20m) DAY LENGTH12h 50m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE21:28Z MOONSET10:19Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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