// Station · 10m ago

YPPD

Port Hedland International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 180° / 7 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 16°C / 12°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 33 FT

20.3828°S / 118.6298°E

LOCATION · Port Hedland, AU

WIND

180°7 kt

YPPD · 33 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/7

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

16 / 12

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 180°/7 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 YPPD 251800Z AUTO 18007KT 9999 // NCD 16/12 Q1017

YPPD · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 180° at 7 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 16°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

180°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

18★ HDG 180° H7 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 3,281'

14 HDG 140° H5 kt X4 kt RIGHT 8,202'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

32 HDG 320° T5 kt X4 kt LEFT —

36 HDG 360° T7 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,033 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 +1°C

0FT

-33 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV33 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT-79 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YCAR (Carnarvon Airport, Carnarvon, elev 13 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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 LEVEL8,114 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

22:21ZSUNRISE

04:08ZSOLAR NOON

09:56ZSUNSET

10:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:10Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 45m VFR NIGHT BEGINS10:19Z (16h 08m) DAY LENGTH11h 35m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE08:27Z MOONSET20:02Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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