// Station · 22m ago
KAKQ
Wakefield Municipal Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 22.8°C / 18.9°C
ALTIM 30.09 inHg
ELEV 113 FT
36.9872°N / 77.0011°W
LOCATION · Wakefield, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KAKQ · 113 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 01Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
23 / 19
ALTIM
30.09"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles 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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METAR KAKQ 150154Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/19 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP188 T02280189
KAKQ · day 15 at 01:54 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 23°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.09" 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
WIND
000°calm
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 +8°C
900FT
+787 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +300 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV113 FT
OAT+23°C
ISA DELTA+8°C
PRESSURE ALT-58 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KW45
(Luray Caverns Airport, Luray, elev 902 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+9%
-6%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+6%
-4%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+4%
-3%
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 · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)
10:00ZSUNRISE
17:14ZSOLAR NOON
00:29ZSUNSET
00:59ZCIVIL END
CURRENT02:16Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:59Z (past)
DAY LENGTH14h 28m
New Moon
ILLUMINATION0%
MOONRISE10:15Z
MOONSET00:44Z
FULL MOON IN14 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KFKN
VFR
Franklin Regional Airport · Franklin
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 18 NM S
- AGE
- 1m ago
KJGG
VFR
Williamsburg Jamestown Airport · Williamsburg
- WIND
- 220° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 20 NM NE
- AGE
- 21m ago
KFAF
VFR
Felker Army Air Field · Newport News (Fort Eustis)
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 9.0 SM
- CEILING
- FEW250
- DIST
- 21 NM NE
- AGE
- 21m ago
KPHF
VFR
Newport News Williamsburg International Airport · Newport News
- WIND
- 070° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 26 NM E
- AGE
- 22m ago
KSFQ
VFR
Suffolk Executive Airport · Suffolk
- WIND
- 140° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 27 NM SE
- AGE
- 21m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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