// Station · 21m ago

KAIK

Aiken Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25.5°C / 23.4°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 528 FT

33.6494°N / 81.6850°W

LOCATION · Aiken, US

WIND

140°3 kt

KAIK · 528 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT041

T / Td

26 / 23

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 140°/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 4,100 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 KAIK 290055Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM SCT041 25/23 A3006 RMK AO2 T02550234

KAIK · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 140° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 4,100 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

140°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 5,500'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 5,500'

01 HDG 010° —CALM —— 3,800'

19 HDG 190° —CALM —— 3,800'

Pattern altitude: 1,528 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 +11°C

1,700FT

+1,172 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV528 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT386 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRHP (Western Carolina Regional Airport, Andrews, elev 1,697 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

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. 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT041

Scattered · base 4,100 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,100 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,407 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:59ZSUNRISE

17:29ZSOLAR NOON

23:59ZSUNSET

00:25ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:25Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 00m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:46Z MOONSET12:46Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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