// Station · 13m ago
YPDN
Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 6+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 20°C / 19°C
ALTIM 29.97 inHg
ELEV 103 FT
12.4150°S / 130.8818°E
LOCATION · Darwin, AU
WIND
000°0 kt
YPDN · 103 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 18Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
6+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
20 / 19
ALTIM
29.97"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR YPDN 111800Z AUTO 00000KT 9999 // NCD 20/19 Q1015
YPDN · day 11 at 18:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6+ SM · temp 20°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
4 ends
11
HDG 110°
—CALM
——
11,004'
29
HDG 290°
—CALM
——
11,004'
18
HDG 180°
—CALM
——
5,000'
36
HDG 360°
—CALM
——
5,000'
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 +5°C
700FT
+597 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -200 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV103 FT
OAT+20°C
ISA DELTA+5°C
PRESSURE ALT50 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at YKKG
(Kalkgurung Airport, elev 646 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+7%
-5%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+5%
-3%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+3%
-2%
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 · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+9)
21:39ZSUNRISE
03:23ZSOLAR NOON
09:06ZSUNSET
09:29ZCIVIL END
CURRENT18:13Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 53m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:29Z (15h 15m)
DAY LENGTH11h 26m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION10%
MOONRISE19:11Z
MOONSET06:38Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 1 shown · 200 NM (very sparse)
// Area map · 160 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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