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// KAVX · Catalina Airport · Avalon

// Station · 25m ago

KAVX

Catalina Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 290° / 7 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 30.6°C / 15°C
ALTIM 29.93 inHg
ELEV 1,602 FT
33.4049°N / 118.4160°W
LOCATION · Avalon, US
N
WIND
290°7 kt
KAVX · 1,602 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
290°/7
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
31 / 15
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.93"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 290°/7 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 KAVX 290051Z AUTO 29007KT 10SM CLR 31/15 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP099 T03060150

KAVX · day 29 at 00:51 UTC · wind from 290° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 31°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.93" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1009.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 7 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION
N
WIND
290°7 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
22★ HDG 220° H2 kt X7 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,000'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
04 HDG 040° T2 kt X7 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 +19°C

3,800FT
+2,198 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV1,602 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT1,590 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KO26 (Lone Pine/Death Valley Airport, Lone Pine, elev 3,680 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+38%
-27%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+27%
-17%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+15%
-11%

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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 17,057 FT KAVX ELEV · 1,602 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL17,057 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:26ZSUNRISE
19:56ZSOLAR NOON
02:26ZSUNSET
02:51ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 09m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:51Z (1h 34m) DAY LENGTH12h 59m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE02:13Z MOONSET15:13Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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