// Station · 24m ago

YPTN

Tindal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 7 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 20°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 443 FT

14.5211°S / 132.3780°E

WIND

150°7 kt

YPTN · 443 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/7

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

20 / 13

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 150°/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 YPTN 271130Z AUTO 15007KT 9999 // NCD 20/13 Q1016

YPTN · day 27 at 11:30 UTC · wind from 150° at 7 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 20°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

150°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

14★ HDG 140° H7 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,003'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

32 HDG 320° T7 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,443 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 +6°C

1,000FT

+557 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV443 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT361 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

+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.

// 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 LEVEL10,544 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

21:28ZSUNRISE

03:09ZSOLAR NOON

08:49ZSUNSET

09:12ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:54Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:12Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 21m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE06:13Z MOONSET17:34Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 1 shown · 200 NM (very sparse)

YPDN

VFR

Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin · Darwin

WIND: CALM
VIS: 6+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 154 NM NW
AGE: 24m ago

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