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// Station · 25m ago

KAKH

Gastonia Municipal Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 9.0 SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 20.6°C / 20.6°C
ALTIM 30.10 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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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
9.0 SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
 
 
 
T / Td
21 / 21
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.10"
 
 
 

// 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 290054Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 21/21 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP188 T02060206 $

KAKH · day 29 at 00:54 UTC · winds calm · visibility 9.0 SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 30.10" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.8 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 +7°C

1,400FT
+602 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV798 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT615 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KUKF (Wilkes County Airport, North Wilkesboro, elev 1,301 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+14%
-10%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+10%
-6%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+6%
-4%

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 · 11,202 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 LEVEL11,202 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:55ZSUNRISE
17:27ZSOLAR NOON
23:59ZSUNSET
00:25ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:25Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 03m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:42Z MOONSET12:46Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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