// Station · 9m ago

KAVP

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 15°C / 13.9°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 962 FT

41.3371°N / 75.7242°W

LOCATION · Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, US

WIND

210°4 kt

KAVP · 962 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

15 / 14

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 210°/4 kt. 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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KAVP 130054Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 15/14 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP126 T01500139 $

KAVP · day 13 at 00:54 UTC · wind from 210° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 15°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

210°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 7,502'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 7,502'

10 HDG 100° —CALM —— 4,300'

28 HDG 280° —CALM —— 4,300'

Pattern altitude: 1,962 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 +2°C

1,200FT

+238 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV962 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT968 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLBE (Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, Latrobe, elev 1,199 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

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 · 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 LEVEL8,538 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:12ZSUNRISE

16:50ZSOLAR NOON

22:28ZSUNSET

22:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:56Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 16m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE12:33Z MOONSET23:49Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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