// Station · 20m ago

K8A1

Guntersville Municipal Joe Starnes Field

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23°C / 23°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 615 FT

34.4030°N / 86.2636°W

LOCATION · Guntersville, US

WIND

000°0 kt

K8A1 · 615 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 04Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT060 SCT095

T / Td

23 / 23

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility 9.0 SM and scattered at 6,000 ft, and scattered at 9,500 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 K8A1 290455Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM SCT060 SCT095 23/23 A3006 RMK AO2 403300213

K8A1 · day 29 at 04:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 9.0 SM · scattered layer at 6,000 ft · scattered layer at 9,500 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.06" 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 —— 5,005'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 5,005'

Pattern altitude: 1,615 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

1,500FT

+885 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV615 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT473 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K8A0 (Albertville Regional Airport/Thomas J Brumlik Field, Albertville, elev 1,032 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT095

Scattered · base 9,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT060

Scattered · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER9,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL12,231 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:16ZSUNRISE

17:47ZSOLAR NOON

00:18ZSUNSET

00:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT05:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:44Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 01m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:11Z MOONSET13:13Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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