// Station · 18m ago

YPGV

Gove Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 24°C / 18°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 192 FT

12.2694°S / 136.8180°E

LOCATION · Nhulunbuy, AU

WIND

130°10 kt

YPGV · 192 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

24 / 18

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 130°/10 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 111500Z AUTO 13010KT 9999 // NCD 24/18 Q1016

YPGV · day 11 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 130° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

130°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

13★ HDG 130° H10 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 7,244'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

31 HDG 310° T10 kt X0 kt — —

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

1,200FT

+1,008 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV192 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT110 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

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

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)

21:15ZSUNRISE

02:59ZSOLAR NOON

08:42ZSUNSET

09:05ZCIVIL END

CURRENT15:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 24m VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:05Z (17h 47m) DAY LENGTH11h 26m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE18:42Z MOONSET06:08Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of YPGV.

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