// Station · 24m ago

YPXM

Christmas Island International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND CALM

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,200 ft

T/Td 25°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 916 FT

10.4504°S / 105.6911°E

LOCATION · Flying Fish Cove, CX

WIND

000°0 kt

YPXM · 916 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN012

LAYERS

BKN012 BKN015

T / Td

25 / 24

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,200 ft. Winds calm, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 1,200 ft, and broken at 1,500 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR YPXM 271500Z AUTO 00000KT 9999 // BKN012 BKN015 25/24 Q1015

YPXM · day 27 at 15:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 1,200 ft · broken layer at 1,500 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

18 HDG 180° —CALM —— 6,900'

36 HDG 360° —CALM —— 6,900'

Pattern altitude: 1,916 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 +12°C

2,300FT

+1,384 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV916 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT863 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 2,300 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,384 ft above YPXM's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+23%

-16%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+16%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN015

Broken · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN012

Broken · base 1,200 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,542 ft VFR MARGIN-1,800 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+7)

23:08ZSUNRISE

04:55ZSOLAR NOON

10:43ZSUNSET

11:05ZCIVIL END

CURRENT15:24Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS11:05Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 34m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION84% MOONRISE08:00Z MOONSET19:35Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of YPXM.

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

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