// Station · 28m ago

YPDN

Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 32°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 103 FT

12.4150°S / 130.8818°E

LOCATION · Darwin, AU

WIND

290°6 kt

YPDN · 103 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW025 SCT030

T / Td

32 / 24

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 290°/6 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,500 ft, and scattered at 3,000 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 130200Z AUTO 29006KT 9999 // FEW025 SCT030 32/24 Q1015

YPDN · day 13 at 02:00 UTC · wind from 290° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,500 ft · scattered layer at 3,000 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

290°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

29★ HDG 290° H6 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 11,004'

36 HDG 360° H2 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

18 HDG 180° T2 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

11 HDG 110° T6 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 +17°C

2,100FT

+1,997 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV103 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT50 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 SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT030

Scattered · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW025

Few · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL16,265 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

20:53ZSUNRISE

03:04ZSOLAR NOON

09:14ZSUNSET

09:35ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:28Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 45m VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:35Z (7h 06m) DAY LENGTH12h 20m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE22:17Z MOONSET10:37Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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