// Station · 20m ago

K18A

Franklin County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 7.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 8,500 ft

T/Td 24.5°C / 24.2°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 890 FT

34.3401°N / 83.1335°W

LOCATION · Canon, US

WIND

000°0 kt

K18A · 890 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

7.0 SM

CEILING

OVC085

LAYERS

SCT075 OVC085

T / Td

25 / 24

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,500 ft. Winds calm, visibility 7.0 SM, scattered at 7,500 ft, and overcast at 8,500 ft. Reported weather: BR. 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 K18A 142335Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM BR SCT075 OVC085 24/24 A3012 RMK AO2 P0001 T02450242

K18A · day 14 at 23:35 UTC · winds calm · visibility 7.0 SM · scattered layer at 7,500 ft · overcast at 8,500 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg · weather: BR · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

08 HDG 080° —CALM —— 5,000'

26 HDG 260° —CALM —— 5,000'

Pattern altitude: 1,890 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 +11°C

2,000FT

+1,110 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV890 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT686 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KDZJ (Blairsville Airport, Blairsville, elev 1,911 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC085

Overcast · base 8,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

SCT075

Scattered · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL13,264 ft VFR MARGIN+5,500 ft

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

10:31ZSUNRISE

17:39ZSOLAR NOON

00:46ZSUNSET

01:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:55Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING51m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:15Z (1h 19m) DAY LENGTH14h 15m

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE10:41Z MOONSET00:56Z FULL MOON IN15 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

KTOC

VFR

Toccoa Airport - R.G. Letourneau Field · Toccoa

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC100
DIST: 17 NM NW
AGE: 20m ago

KAND

VFR → MVFR 09Z

Anderson Regional Airport · Anderson

WIND: 070° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW029
DIST: 23 NM NE
AGE: 59m ago

KAJR

VFR

Habersham County Airport · Cornelia

WIND: 080° / 3 kt
VIS: 7.0 SM
CEILING: BKN100
DIST: 23 NM NW
AGE: 20m ago

KCEU

VFR

Oconee County Regional Airport · Clemson

WIND: 010° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW027
DIST: 23 NM NE
AGE: 1h 1m ago

KAHN

VFR → MVFR 05Z

Athens Ben Epps Airport · Athens

WIND: 060° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN100
DIST: 25 NM S
AGE: 4m ago

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