// Station · 27m ago

YWLM

Newcastle Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 12,000 ft

T/Td 15°C / 14°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 31 FT

32.7961°S / 151.8350°E

LOCATION · Williamtown, AU

WIND

300°9 kt

YWLM · 31 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN120

LAYERS

SCT097 BKN120

T / Td

15 / 14

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 12,000 ft. Moderate winds at 300°/9 kt, visibility 6+ SM, scattered at 9,700 ft, and broken 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 YWLM 251830Z AUTO 30009KT 9999 // SCT097 BKN120 15/14 Q1016

YWLM · day 25 at 18:30 UTC · wind from 300° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 9,700 ft · broken layer at 12,000 ft · temp 15°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

300°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

30★ HDG 300° H9 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 10,033'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

12 HDG 120° T9 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,031 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 +0°C

-100FT

-131 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV31 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT-51 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)

BKN120

Broken · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT097

Scattered · base 9,700 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING12,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL7,607 ft VFR MARGIN+9,000 ft

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

20:19ZSUNRISE

01:56ZSOLAR NOON

07:32ZSUNSET

07:57ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:57Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 35m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:57Z (13h 00m) DAY LENGTH11h 12m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE06:27Z MOONSET17:40Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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