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// KAKQ · Wakefield Municipal Airport · Wakefield

// Station · 21m ago

KAKQ

Wakefield Municipal Airport
CAT MVFR
WIND 070° / 3 kt
VIS 5.0 SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 20.6°C / 20°C
ALTIM 30.08 inHg
WX BR
ELEV 113 FT
36.9872°N / 77.0011°W
LOCATION · Wakefield, US
N
WIND
070°3 kt
KAKQ · 113 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 04Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
070°/3
 
 
 
VIS
5.0 SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
21 / 20
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.08"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 5.0 SM. Light winds at 070°/3 kt, visibility 5.0 SM, no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: mist (BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KAKQ 290454Z AUTO 07003KT 5SM BR CLR 21/20 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP184 T02060200 403220206 $

KAKQ · day 29 at 04:54 UTC · wind from 070° at 3 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · weather: mist (BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 3 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
070°3 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
03 HDG 030° —CALM —— 4,337'
21 HDG 210° —CALM —— 4,337'
Pattern altitude: 1,113 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 +6°C

600FT
+487 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV113 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT-49 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K0V4 (Brookneal/Campbell County Airport, Gladys, elev 596 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+6%
-4%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+4%
-3%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+2%
-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 · 10,517 FT KAKQ ELEV · 113 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL10,517 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:37ZSUNRISE
17:10ZSOLAR NOON
23:43ZSUNSET
00:09ZCIVIL END
CURRENT05:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING18h 27m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:09Z (18h 54m) DAY LENGTH13h 05m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:32Z MOONSET12:38Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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