// Station · 14m ago

KALB

Albany International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 2,600 ft

T/Td 15°C / 13.3°C

ALTIM 29.89 inHg

ELEV 285 FT

42.7483°N / 73.8017°W

LOCATION · Albany, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KALB · 285 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC026

LAYERS

OVC026

T / Td

15 / 13

ALTIM

29.89"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,600 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 2,600 ft. 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 KALB 130051Z 00000KT 10SM OVC026 15/13 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP122 T01500133 $

KALB · day 13 at 00:51 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 2,600 ft · temp 15°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.89" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.2 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 4 ends

01 HDG 010° —CALM —— 8,500'

19 HDG 190° —CALM —— 8,500'

10 HDG 100° —CALM —— 7,200'

28 HDG 280° —CALM —— 7,200'

Pattern altitude: 1,285 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 +1°C

400FT

+115 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV285 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT312 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSYR (Syracuse Hancock International Airport, Syracuse, elev 421 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC026

Overcast · base 2,600 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,600 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL7,861 ft VFR MARGIN-400 ft

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

11:05ZSUNRISE

16:42ZSOLAR NOON

22:19ZSUNSET

22:48ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:48Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 13m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE12:26Z MOONSET23:40Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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