// Station · 33m ago

YPKA

Karratha Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 260° / 13 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 24°C / 14°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 29 FT

20.7122°S / 116.7730°E

LOCATION · Karratha, AU

WIND

260°13 kt

YPKA · 29 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/13

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

24 / 14

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 260°/13 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.

Loading TAF forecast narrative…

SOURCES · NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (TAF loading…)

// Want this glance-able on 10 airports? METAR Deck →

// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR YPKA 130030Z AUTO 26013KT 9999 // NCD 24/14 Q1017

YPKA · day 13 at 00:30 UTC · wind from 260° at 13 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 13 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

260°13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

26★ HDG 260° H13 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 7,480'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

08 HDG 080° T13 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,029 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

1,000FT

+971 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV29 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT-83 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YKAR (Karara Airport, Karara, elev 1,011 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+10%

-7%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+7%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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 · 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 LEVEL12,150 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+8)

21:45ZSUNRISE

04:00ZSOLAR NOON

10:15ZSUNSET

10:37ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 12m VFR NIGHT BEGINS10:37Z (9h 34m) DAY LENGTH12h 30m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE23:06Z MOONSET11:36Z FULL MOON IN13 days

// Nearest reporting stations

Loading nearest reporting stations…

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

AIRSPACE

// Want this on your Stream Deck? METAR Deck shows real-time category and conditions for any 10 airports — built by the team that ships this page.

Get METAR Deck →