// Station · 16m ago

YSTW

Tamworth Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 340° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,500 ft

T/Td 14°C / 14°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

WX RA

ELEV 1,334 FT

31.0779°S / 150.8455°E

LOCATION · Tamworth, AU

WIND

340°5 kt

YSTW · 1,334 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN075

LAYERS

FEW060 BKN075 OVC084

T / Td

14 / 14

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,500 ft. Light winds at 340°/5 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 6,000 ft, broken at 7,500 ft, and overcast at 8,400 ft. Reported weather: rain (RA). 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 YSTW 251600Z AUTO 34005KT 9999 RA FEW060 BKN075 OVC084 14/14 Q1019

YSTW · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 340° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 6,000 ft · broken layer at 7,500 ft · overcast at 8,400 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg · weather: rain (RA)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 5 kt

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID

WIND

340°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

36★ HDG 360° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,346'

30R HDG 300° H4 kt X3 kt RIGHT 7,218'

30L HDG 300° H4 kt X3 kt RIGHT 3,642'

06 HDG 060° H1 kt X5 kt LEFT 2,762'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

24 HDG 240° T1 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

12L HDG 120° T4 kt X3 kt LEFT —

12R HDG 120° T4 kt X3 kt LEFT —

18 HDG 180° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,334 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

1,300FT

-34 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,334 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT1,163 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

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC084

Overcast · base 8,400 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN075

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

FEW060

Few · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL8,405 ft VFR MARGIN+4,500 ft

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

20:22ZSUNRISE

02:00ZSOLAR NOON

07:38ZSUNSET

08:02ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 21m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:02Z (15h 45m) DAY LENGTH11h 16m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE06:24Z MOONSET17:40Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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