// Station · 25m ago

YSSY

Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport

CAT IFR

WIND 200° / 15 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 900 ft

T/Td 18°C / 17°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 21 FT

33.9461°S / 151.1770°E

LOCATION · Sydney (Mascot), AU

WIND

200°15 kt

YSSY · 21 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/15

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN009

LAYERS

BKN009 OVC078

T / Td

18 / 17

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — ceiling 900 ft. Brisk winds at 200°/15 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 900 ft, and overcast at 7,800 ft. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR YSSY 130130Z AUTO 20015KT 9999 // BKN009 OVC078 18/17 Q1017

YSSY · day 13 at 01:30 UTC · wind from 200° at 15 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 900 ft · overcast at 7,800 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 15 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 3 CAUTION

WIND

200°15 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

16L★ HDG 160° H11 kt X10 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,999'

16R HDG 160° H11 kt X10 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 67%

25 HDG 250° H10 kt X11 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 73%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

07 HDG 070° T10 kt X11 kt RIGHT —

34R HDG 340° T11 kt X10 kt LEFT —

34L HDG 340° T11 kt X10 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,021 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

200FT

+179 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV21 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT-91 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YBRN (Balranald Airport, elev 210 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+2%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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)

OVC078

Overcast · base 7,800 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN009

Broken · base 900 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING900 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,112 ft VFR MARGIN-2,100 ft

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

19:18ZSUNRISE

01:42ZSOLAR NOON

08:07ZSUNSET

08:32ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:55Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 11m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:32Z (6h 36m) DAY LENGTH12h 49m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE20:40Z MOONSET09:30Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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