// Station · 16m ago

YSSY

Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport

CAT —

WIND 310° / 10 kt

VIS —

CEILING BKN at 10,500 ft

T/Td 16°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 21 FT

33.9461°S / 151.1770°E

LOCATION · Sydney (Mascot), AU

WIND

310°10 kt

YSSY · 21 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/10

VIS

—

CEILING

BKN105

LAYERS

BKN105 OVC120

T / Td

16 / 15

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,500 ft. Moderate winds at 310°/10 kt, visibility unreported, broken at 10,500 ft, and overcast at 12,000 ft. 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 YSSY 251600Z AUTO 31010KT //// // BKN105 OVC120 16/15 Q1016

YSSY · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 310° at 10 kt · broken layer at 10,500 ft · overcast at 12,000 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 10 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

310°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

34R★ HDG 340° H9 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,999'

34L HDG 340° H9 kt X5 kt LEFT 12,999'

25 HDG 250° H5 kt X9 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 90%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

07 HDG 070° T5 kt X9 kt LEFT —

16L HDG 160° T9 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

16R HDG 160° T9 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

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 +1°C

0FT

-21 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV21 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT-61 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YLHI (Lord Howe Island Airport, Lord Howe Island, elev 5 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC120

Overcast · base 12,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN105

Broken · base 10,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL8,102 ft VFR MARGIN+7,500 ft

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

20:23ZSUNRISE

01:58ZSOLAR NOON

07:33ZSUNSET

07:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 17m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:59Z (15h 42m) DAY LENGTH11h 10m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE06:26Z MOONSET17:36Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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