// Station · 26m ago

YPDN

Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 31°C / 25°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 103 FT

12.4150°S / 130.8818°E

LOCATION · Darwin, AU

WIND

290°5 kt

YPDN · 103 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT025

T / Td

31 / 25

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 290°/5 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered 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 YPDN 130130Z AUTO 29005KT 260V330 9999 // SCT025 31/25 Q1016

YPDN · day 13 at 01:30 UTC · wind from 290° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 2,500 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

290°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

29★ HDG 290° H5 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 11,004'

36 HDG 360° H2 kt X5 kt LEFT 5,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

18 HDG 180° T2 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

11 HDG 110° T5 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,103 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 +16°C

1,900FT

+1,797 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV103 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT21 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YBAS (Alice Springs Airport, Alice Springs, elev 1,789 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+19%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

SCT025

Scattered · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL15,760 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

20:53ZSUNRISE

03:04ZSOLAR NOON

09:14ZSUNSET

09:35ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:56Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 17m VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:35Z (7h 38m) DAY LENGTH12h 20m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE22:16Z MOONSET10:36Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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