// Station · 55m ago
KACK
Nantucket Memorial Airport
CAT —
WIND 220° / 6 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING —
T/Td 12.8°C / 11.7°C
ALTIM 29.93 inHg
ELEV 47 FT
41.2531°N / 70.0602°W
LOCATION · Nantucket, US
WIND
220°6 kt
KACK · 47 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 08Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
220°/6
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
13 / 12
ALTIM
29.93"
// Interpretation
VFR with light winds at 220°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR KACK 270853Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM 13/12 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP134 T01280117 56005 PWINO
KACK · day 27 at 08:53 UTC · wind from 220° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 13°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.93" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.4 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 220° @ 6 kt
2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION
WIND
220°6 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS
2 usable
24★
HDG 240°
H6 kt
X2 kt LEFT
PRIMARY · 6,303'
15
HDG 150°
H2 kt
X6 kt RIGHT
⚠ HIGH XW · 100%
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID
2 ends
33
HDG 330°
T2 kt
X6 kt LEFT
—
06
HDG 060°
T6 kt
X2 kt RIGHT
—
Pattern altitude: 1,047 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 -2°C
-200FT
-247 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
FIELD ELEV47 FT
OAT+13°C
ISA DELTA-2°C
PRESSURE ALT35 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KBOS
(Boston Logan International Airport, Boston, elev 20 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+0%
-0%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+0%
-0%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+0%
-0%
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 · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)
09:13ZSUNRISE
16:38ZSOLAR NOON
00:03ZSUNSET
00:36ZCIVIL END
CURRENT09:48Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 15m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:36Z (14h 48m)
DAY LENGTH14h 50m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION82%
MOONRISE17:54Z
MOONSET08:44Z
FULL MOON IN4 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)
KMVY
VFR
Martha's Vineyard Airport · Martha's Vineyard
- WIND
- 210° / 7 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 26 NM W
- AGE
- 55m ago
KHYA
VFR
→
IFR
21Z
Cape Cod Gateway Airport · Hyannis
- WIND
- 220° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 27 NM N
- AGE
- 52m ago
KEWB
VFR
New Bedford Regional Airport · New Bedford
- WIND
- 220° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 48 NM NW
- AGE
- 55m ago
KOQU
VFR
Quonset State Airport · North Kingstown
- WIND
- 220° / 5 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 64 NM W
- AGE
- 13m ago
KPVD
VFR
Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport · Providence/Warwick
- WIND
- 220° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 68 NM NW
- AGE
- 57m ago
// Area map · 80 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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