// Station · 28m ago

KAOO

Altoona Blair County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 330° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,000 ft

T/Td 23.3°C / 14.4°C

ALTIM 30.08 inHg

ELEV 1,503 FT

40.2964°N / 78.3200°W

LOCATION · Altoona, US

WIND

330°6 kt

KAOO · 1,503 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

330°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN070

LAYERS

BKN070

T / Td

23 / 14

ALTIM

30.08"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,000 ft. Light winds at 330°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 7,000 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 KAOO 251953Z AUTO 33006KT 10SM BKN070 23/14 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02330144

KAOO · day 25 at 19:53 UTC · wind from 330° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 7,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 330° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

330°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

30★ HDG 300° H5 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,668'

03 HDG 030° H3 kt X5 kt LEFT 5,465'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

21 HDG 210° T3 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

12 HDG 120° T5 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,503 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 +11°C

2,700FT

+1,197 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV1,503 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT1,341 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KJST (John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport, Johnstown, elev 2,284 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+27%

-19%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+19%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-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. 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)

BKN070

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

// Computed

CEILING7,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,271 ft VFR MARGIN+4,000 ft

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

10:35ZSUNRISE

17:16ZSOLAR NOON

23:58ZSUNSET

00:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 36m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:26Z (4h 05m) DAY LENGTH13h 23m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:46Z MOONSET10:09Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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