// Station · 26m ago

KABE

Lehigh Valley International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 310° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 22.8°C / 13.9°C

ALTIM 30.04 inHg

ELEV 393 FT

40.6518°N / 75.4428°W

LOCATION · Allentown/Bethlehem, US

WIND

310°7 kt

KABE · 393 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT036 SCT044

T / Td

23 / 14

ALTIM

30.04"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 310°/7 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 3,600 ft, and scattered at 4,400 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 KABE 251551Z 31007KT 10SM SCT036 SCT044 23/14 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP172 T02280139

KABE · day 25 at 15:51 UTC · wind from 310° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 3,600 ft · scattered layer at 4,400 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.04" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

310°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

31★ HDG 310° H7 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 5,800'

24 HDG 240° H2 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

06 HDG 060° T2 kt X7 kt LEFT —

13 HDG 130° T7 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,393 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 +8°C

1,300FT

+907 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV393 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT269 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KVVS (Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport, Connellsville, elev 1,267 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

SCT044

Scattered · base 4,400 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT036

Scattered · base 3,600 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL11,908 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:23ZSUNRISE

17:05ZSOLAR NOON

23:47ZSUNSET

00:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 29m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:15Z (7h 58m) DAY LENGTH13h 24m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:25Z MOONSET09:49Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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