// Station · 1h 12m ago · STALE

KAKH

Gastonia Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30.6°C / 18.3°C

ALTIM 30.11 inHg

ELEV 798 FT

35.2026°N / 81.1499°W

LOCATION · Gastonia, US

WIND

050°8 kt

KAKH · 798 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 21Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT060

T / Td

31 / 18

ALTIM

30.11"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 050°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 6,000 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 KAKH 142154Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM SCT060 31/18 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP188 T03060183

KAKH · day 14 at 21:54 UTC · wind from 050° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 6,000 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.11" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

050°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

03★ HDG 030° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,769'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

21 HDG 210° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

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 +17°C

2,600FT

+1,802 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +700 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV798 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT606 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K24A (Jackson County Airport, Sylva, elev 2,857 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+26%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-8%

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)

SCT060

Scattered · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL16,253 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:21ZSUNRISE

17:31ZSOLAR NOON

00:41ZSUNSET

01:10ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 35m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:10Z (2h 04m) DAY LENGTH14h 19m

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE10:30Z MOONSET00:49Z FULL MOON IN15 days

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

KCLT

VFR

Charlotte Douglas International Airport · Charlotte

WIND: 060° / 7 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW050
DIST: 10 NM E
AGE: 14m ago

KUZA

VFR

Rock Hill - York County Airport · Rock Hill

WIND: VRB / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT045
DIST: 14 NM S
AGE: 12m ago

KEHO

VFR

Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport · Shelby

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT055
DIST: 22 NM W
AGE: 11m ago

KJQF

VFR

Concord-Padgett Regional Airport · Concord

WIND: 070° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 24 NM NE
AGE: 16m ago

KDCM

VFR

Chester Catawba Regional Airport · Chester

WIND: 010° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN050
DIST: 25 NM S
AGE: 31m ago

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