// Station · 12m ago

K42J

Keystone Heights Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 27°C / 26°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

ELEV 196 FT

29.8447°N / 82.0475°W

LOCATION · Keystone Heights, US

WIND

170°3 kt

K42J · 196 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

27 / 26

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 170°/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 K42J 282255Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 27/26 A3002 RMK A01

K42J · day 28 at 22:55 UTC · wind from 170° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 27°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

170°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 5,044'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 5,044'

11 HDG 110° —CALM —— 4,899'

29 HDG 290° —CALM —— 4,899'

Pattern altitude: 1,196 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 +12°C

1,600FT

+1,404 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV196 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT93 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KJZP (Pickens County Airport, Jasper, elev 1,535 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL13,832 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

11:04ZSUNRISE

17:30ZSOLAR NOON

23:57ZSUNSET

00:21ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING50m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:21Z (1h 14m) DAY LENGTH12h 52m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:47Z MOONSET12:39Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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