// Station · 24m ago

K1A5

Macon County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 6,000 ft

T/Td 21°C / 19.8°C

ALTIM 30.16 inHg

ELEV 2,020 FT

35.2226°N / 83.4190°W

LOCATION · Franklin, US

WIND

000°0 kt

K1A5 · 2,020 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN060

LAYERS

SCT038 BKN060

T / Td

21 / 20

ALTIM

30.16"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 3,800 ft, and broken at 6,000 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 K1A5 290055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT038 BKN060 21/20 A3016 RMK AO2 T02100198

K1A5 · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 3,800 ft · broken layer at 6,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 30.16" Hg · 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

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 5,002'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 5,002'

Pattern altitude: 3,020 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

2,900FT

+880 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,020 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT1,778 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K24A (Jackson County Airport, Sylva, elev 2,857 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+29%

-20%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+20%

-13%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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)

BKN060

Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT038

Scattered · base 3,800 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL12,626 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

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

11:04ZSUNRISE

17:36ZSOLAR NOON

00:08ZSUNSET

00:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:34Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 03m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:51Z MOONSET12:55Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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