// Station · 27m ago

YSTW

Tamworth Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 310° / 11 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,200 ft

T/Td 23°C / 18°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

WX VCTS

ELEV 1,334 FT

31.0779°S / 150.8455°E

LOCATION · Tamworth, AU

WIND

310°11 kt

YSTW · 1,334 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/11

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN032

LAYERS

SCT027 BKN032 BKN044

T / Td

23 / 18

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,200 ft. Moderate winds at 310°/11 kt, visibility 6+ SM, scattered at 2,700 ft, broken at 3,200 ft, and broken at 4,400 ft. Reported weather: thunderstorm in the vicinity (VCTS). 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 130200Z AUTO 31011KT 9999 VCTS SCT027 BKN032 BKN044 23/18 Q1017

YSTW · day 13 at 02:00 UTC · wind from 310° at 11 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 2,700 ft · broken layer at 3,200 ft · broken layer at 4,400 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · weather: thunderstorm in the vicinity (VCTS)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 11 kt

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

310°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

30R★ HDG 300° H11 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,218'

30L HDG 300° H11 kt X2 kt RIGHT 3,642'

36 HDG 360° H7 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 73%

24 HDG 240° H4 kt X10 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 91%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

06 HDG 060° T4 kt X10 kt LEFT —

18 HDG 180° T7 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

12L HDG 120° T11 kt X2 kt LEFT —

12R HDG 120° T11 kt X2 kt LEFT —

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 +10°C

2,500FT

+1,166 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,334 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT1,222 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YBTH (Bathurst Airport, Bathurst, elev 2,435 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+25%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-8%

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)

BKN044

Broken · base 4,400 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN032

Broken · base 3,200 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT027

Scattered · base 2,700 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,950 ft VFR MARGIN+200 ft

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

19:21ZSUNRISE

01:44ZSOLAR NOON

08:06ZSUNSET

08:31ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:27Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 38m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:31Z (6h 03m) DAY LENGTH12h 44m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE20:45Z MOONSET09:30Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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