// Station · 16m ago

KABY

Southwest Georgia Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30°C / 25.6°C

ALTIM 30.17 inHg

ELEV 197 FT

31.5329°N / 84.1962°W

LOCATION · Albany, US

WIND

270°8 kt

KABY · 197 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW013

T / Td

30 / 26

ALTIM

30.17"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 270°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 1,300 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 KABY 111453Z 27008KT 10SM FEW013 30/26 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP212 T03000256 50000

KABY · day 11 at 14:53 UTC · wind from 270° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 1,300 ft · temp 30°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 30.17" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1021.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

270°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

23★ HDG 230° H6 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,601'

35 HDG 350° H1 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

17 HDG 170° T1 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

05 HDG 050° T6 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,197 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 +15°C

1,700FT

+1,503 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV197 FT OAT+30°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT-57 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 MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW013

Few · base 1,300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,349 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:41ZSUNRISE

17:43ZSOLAR NOON

00:45ZSUNSET

01:13ZCIVIL END

CURRENT15:09Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 36m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:13Z (10h 03m) DAY LENGTH14h 04m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE08:07Z MOONSET22:11Z FULL MOON IN18 days

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

K16J

VFR

Dawson Municipal Airport · Dawson

WIND: 250° / 7 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 17 NM NW
AGE: 14m ago

KCXU

VFR

Camilla Mitchell County Airport · Camilla

WIND: 310° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW020
DIST: 19 NM S
AGE: 14m ago

KACJ

VFR

Jimmy Carter Regional Airport · Americus

WIND: 260° / 7 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT023
DIST: 35 NM N
AGE: 14m ago

KCKF

VFR

Crisp County Cordele Airport · Cordele

WIND: 250° / 10 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT016
DIST: 35 NM NE
AGE: 34m ago

KBIJ

VFR

Early County Airport · Blakely

WIND: 280° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT018
DIST: 37 NM W
AGE: 14m ago

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