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// Station · 8m ago

K49A

Gilmer County Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING Few/scattered only
T/Td 23°C / 19°C
ALTIM 30.10 inHg
ELEV 1,486 FT
34.6279°N / 84.5249°W
LOCATION · Ellijay, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
K49A · 1,486 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 03Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
 
 
 
LAYERS
FEW042
 
 
 
T / Td
23 / 19
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.10"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 4,200 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 K49A 290315Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW042 23/19 A3010 RMK AO2

K49A · day 29 at 03:15 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,200 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.10" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
03 HDG 030° CALM 3,507'
21 HDG 210° CALM 3,507'
Pattern altitude: 2,486 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

2,600FT
+1,114 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV1,486 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT1,303 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMKJ (Mountain Empire Airport, Rural Retreat, elev 2,558 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+26%
-18%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+18%
-12%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+10%
-8%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 13,102 FT FEW042 K49A ELEV · 1,486 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
FEW042
Few · base 4,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER4,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,102 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:09ZSUNRISE
17:40ZSOLAR NOON
00:12ZSUNSET
00:38ZCIVIL END
CURRENT03:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:38Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 02m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:00Z MOONSET13:03Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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