// Station · 9m ago

K16J

Dawson Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 24°C / 24°C

ALTIM 30.07 inHg

ELEV 333 FT

31.7433°N / 84.4193°W

LOCATION · Dawson, US

WIND

120°3 kt

K16J · 333 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 03Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW031 FEW080

T / Td

24 / 24

ALTIM

30.07"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 120°/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 3,100 ft, and a few at 8,000 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 K16J 290315Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM FEW031 FEW080 24/24 A3007 RMK AO2

K16J · day 29 at 03:15 UTC · wind from 120° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 3,100 ft · a few clouds at 8,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.07" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

120°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

13 HDG 130° —CALM —— 4,510'

31 HDG 310° —CALM —— 4,510'

Pattern altitude: 1,333 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 +9°C

1,300FT

+967 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV333 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT180 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KPUJ (Silver Comet Field at Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport, Dallas, elev 1,289 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW080

Few · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW031

Few · base 3,100 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,454 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:12ZSUNRISE

17:40ZSOLAR NOON

00:08ZSUNSET

00:33ZCIVIL END

CURRENT03:24Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:33Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 56m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:03Z MOONSET13:00Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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