// Station · 21m ago

YPGV

Gove Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 24°C / 19°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 192 FT

12.2694°S / 136.8180°E

LOCATION · Nhulunbuy, AU

WIND

170°5 kt

YPGV · 192 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 09Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

24 / 19

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 170°/5 kt. 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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR YPGV 270930Z AUTO 17005KT 9999 // NCD 24/19 Q1013

YPGV · day 27 at 09:30 UTC · wind from 170° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

170°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

13★ HDG 130° H4 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,244'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

31 HDG 310° T4 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,192 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 +9°C

1,300FT

+1,108 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV192 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT198 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YTNK (Tennant Creek Airport, Tennant Creek, elev 1,236 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL12,313 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

21:06ZSUNRISE

02:51ZSOLAR NOON

08:35ZSUNSET

08:58ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:51Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:58Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 28m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE05:47Z MOONSET17:16Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of YPGV.

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