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// Station · 39m ago

KAKH

Gastonia Municipal Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 9.0 SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 13.9°C / 13.3°C
ALTIM 30.05 inHg
ELEV 798 FT
35.2026°N / 81.1499°W
LOCATION · Gastonia, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
KAKH · 798 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 05Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
9.0 SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
14 / 13
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.05"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility 9.0 SM 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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KAKH 130554Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 14/13 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP172 T01390133 10222 20139 50002

KAKH · day 13 at 05:54 UTC · winds calm · visibility 9.0 SM · temp 14°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.05" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
03 HDG 030° —CALM —— 3,769'
21 HDG 210° —CALM —— 3,769'
Pattern altitude: 1,798 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 +0°C

700FT
-98 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV798 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT665 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KJQF (Concord-Padgett Regional Airport, Concord, elev 705 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+7%
-5%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+5%
-3%
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. 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 · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 7,818 FT KAKH ELEV · 798 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL7,818 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:30ZSUNRISE
17:11ZSOLAR NOON
22:53ZSUNSET
23:19ZCIVIL END
CURRENT06:33Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 20m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:19Z (16h 46m) DAY LENGTH11h 23m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:02Z MOONSET00:26Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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