// Station · 10m ago

KALB

Albany International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 6,000 ft

T/Td 23.3°C / 16.1°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 285 FT

42.7483°N / 73.8017°W

LOCATION · Albany, US

WIND

250°6 kt

KALB · 285 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN060

LAYERS

SCT031 BKN060 BKN080

T / Td

23 / 16

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Light winds at 250°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 3,100 ft, broken at 6,000 ft, and broken at 8,000 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 KALB 251651Z 25006KT 10SM SCT031 BKN060 BKN080 23/16 A2997 RMK AO2 RAE04 SLP148 P0000 T02330161 $

KALB · day 25 at 16:51 UTC · wind from 250° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 3,100 ft · broken layer at 6,000 ft · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

250°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

28★ HDG 280° H5 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,200'

19 HDG 190° H3 kt X5 kt RIGHT 8,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

01 HDG 010° T3 kt X5 kt LEFT —

10 HDG 100° T5 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

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 +9°C

1,300FT

+1,015 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV285 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT232 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KN03 (Cortland County Chase Field, Cortland, elev 1,198 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN080

Broken · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN060

Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT031

Scattered · base 3,100 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,053 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

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

10:13ZSUNRISE

16:58ZSOLAR NOON

23:43ZSUNSET

00:13ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 42m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:13Z (7h 11m) DAY LENGTH13h 30m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:17Z MOONSET09:47Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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