// Station · 31m ago

KAVX

Catalina Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 6 kt

VIS 8.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 13.3°C / 7.8°C

ALTIM 29.95 inHg

ELEV 1,602 FT

33.4049°N / 118.4160°W

LOCATION · Avalon, US

WIND

280°6 kt

KAVX · 1,602 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 03Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/6

VIS

8.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

13 / 8

ALTIM

29.95"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 280°/6 kt. Visibility 8.0 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 KAVX 130351Z AUTO 28006KT 8SM CLR 13/08 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP134 T01330078

KAVX · day 13 at 03:51 UTC · wind from 280° at 6 kt · visibility 8.0 SM · temp 13°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.95" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

280°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

22★ HDG 220° H3 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

04 HDG 040° T3 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,602 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 +1°C

1,700FT

+98 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,602 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT1,570 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAUN (Auburn Municipal Airport, Auburn, elev 1,539 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-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. 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 LEVEL8,319 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

13:57ZSUNRISE

19:41ZSOLAR NOON

01:25ZSUNSET

01:50ZCIVIL END

CURRENT04:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:50Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 28m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE15:24Z MOONSET02:53Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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