// Station · 55m ago

KAVP

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 220° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 18.9°C / 16.7°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 962 FT

41.3371°N / 75.7242°W

LOCATION · Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, US

WIND

220°4 kt

KAVP · 962 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 10Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW070

T / Td

19 / 17

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 220°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few 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 KAVP 271054Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM FEW070 19/17 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP136 T01890167

KAVP · day 27 at 10:54 UTC · wind from 220° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 7,000 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

220°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 +6°C

1,600FT

+638 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +900 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV962 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT921 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KFKL (Venango Regional Airport, Franklin, elev 1,540 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW070

Few · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL10,507 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

09:36ZSUNRISE

17:01ZSOLAR NOON

00:26ZSUNSET

00:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:49Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 37m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:59Z (13h 10m) DAY LENGTH14h 50m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE18:20Z MOONSET09:11Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

KABE

VFR

Lehigh Valley International Airport · Allentown/Bethlehem

WIND: 230° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC090
DIST: 43 NM S
AGE: 58m ago

KBGM

VFR

Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link field · Binghamton

WIND: 250° / 7 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 54 NM N
AGE: 56m ago

KIPT

VFR

Williamsport Regional Airport · Williamsport

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 54 NM W
AGE: 55m ago

KRDG

MVFR → VFR 12Z

Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field) · Reading

WIND: 210° / 5 kt
VIS: 8.0 SM
CEILING: BKN018
DIST: 59 NM S
AGE: 30m ago

KMUI

VFR

Muir Army Air Field (Fort Indiantown Gap) Airport · Fort Indiantown Gap(Annville)

WIND: CALM
VIS: 6.0 SM
CEILING: BKN050
DIST: 66 NM SW
AGE: 54m ago

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