// Station · 15m ago

YSCB

Canberra Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 070° / 1 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING OVC at 10,500 ft

T/Td 9°C / 9°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 1,886 FT

35.3069°S / 149.1950°E

LOCATION · Canberra, AU

WIND

070°1 kt

YSCB · 1,886 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

070°/1

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

OVC105

LAYERS

FEW003 OVC105

T / Td

9 / 9

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,500 ft. Light winds at 070°/1 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 300 ft, and overcast at 10,500 ft. 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 YSCB 251600Z AUTO 07001KT 9999 // FEW003 OVC105 09/09 Q1018

YSCB · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 070° at 1 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 300 ft · overcast at 10,500 ft · temp 9°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 1 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

070°1 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

17 HDG 170° —CALM —— 10,771'

35 HDG 350° —CALM —— 10,771'

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 5,509'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 5,509'

Pattern altitude: 2,886 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 -3°C

1,400FT

-486 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,886 FT OAT+9°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT1,744 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YYNG (Young Airport, elev 1,267 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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. 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC105

Overcast · base 10,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

FEW003

Few · base 300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,431 ft VFR MARGIN+7,500 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+10)

20:33ZSUNRISE

02:06ZSOLAR NOON

07:40ZSUNSET

08:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 24m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:06Z (15h 50m) DAY LENGTH11h 07m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE06:35Z MOONSET17:42Z FULL MOON IN2 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 →