// Station · 22m ago

KAVL

Asheville Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 3 kt

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 22.2°C / 13.9°C

ALTIM 30.18 inHg

ELEV 2,165 FT

35.4355°N / 82.5418°W

LOCATION · Asheville, US

WIND

VRB3 kt

KAVL · 2,165 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/3

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

22 / 14

ALTIM

30.18"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/3 kt. Visibility 9.0 SM 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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KAVL 251554Z VRB03KT 9SM CLR 22/14 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP197 T02220139

KAVL · day 25 at 15:54 UTC · wind variable at 3 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · temp 22°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

17 HDG 170° —CALM —— 8,002'

35 HDG 350° —CALM —— 8,002'

Pattern altitude: 3,165 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

3,200FT

+1,035 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,165 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT1,902 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGEV (Ashe County Airport, Jefferson, elev 3,180 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+32%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+13%

-10%

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL13,377 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

10:58ZSUNRISE

17:33ZSOLAR NOON

00:09ZSUNSET

00:35ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 52m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:35Z (8h 18m) DAY LENGTH13h 10m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:01Z MOONSET10:11Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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