// Station · 59m ago

KABE

Lehigh Valley International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 17.8°C / 15.6°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 393 FT

40.6518°N / 75.4428°W

LOCATION · Allentown/Bethlehem, US

WIND

240°4 kt

KABE · 393 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 08Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW100

T / Td

18 / 16

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 240°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 10,000 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 KABE 270851Z 24004KT 10SM FEW100 18/16 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP141 T01780156 56008 $

KABE · day 27 at 08:51 UTC · wind from 240° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 10,000 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

240°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 7,599'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 7,599'

13 HDG 130° —CALM —— 5,800'

31 HDG 310° —CALM —— 5,800'

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 +3°C

800FT

+407 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +1,100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV393 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT352 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KERI (Erie International Tom Ridge Field, Erie, elev 732 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+8%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW100

Few · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL9,383 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

09:37ZSUNRISE

17:00ZSOLAR NOON

00:23ZSUNSET

00:55ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:50Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 32m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:55Z (15h 05m) DAY LENGTH14h 46m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE18:17Z MOONSET09:04Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

KRDG

VFR

Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field) · Reading

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN100
DIST: 29 NM SW
AGE: 56m ago

KTTN

VFR

Trenton Mercer Airport · Ewing Township

WIND: 210° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN100
DIST: 37 NM SE
AGE: 57m ago

KPNE

IFR

Northeast Philadelphia Airport · Philadelphia

WIND: 220° / 3 kt
VIS: 8.0 SM
CEILING: BKN008
DIST: 39 NM SE
AGE: 3m ago

KAVP

VFR

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport · Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

WIND: 200° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 43 NM N
AGE: 56m ago

KMMU

VFR

Morristown Municipal Airport · Morristown

WIND: 160° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN110
DIST: 48 NM E
AGE: 15m ago

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