// Station · 19m ago

KCAE

Columbia Metropolitan Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 22,000 ft

T/Td 31.7°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 236 FT

33.9382°N / 81.1230°W

LOCATION · Columbia, US

WIND

VRB4 kt

KCAE · 236 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN220

LAYERS

SCT150 BKN220

T / Td

32 / 15

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 22,000 ft. Light winds at variable/4 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 15,000 ft, and broken at 22,000 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 KCAE 251756Z VRB04KT 10SM SCT150 BKN220 32/15 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP164 T03170150 10317 20217 58019

KCAE · day 25 at 17:56 UTC · wind variable at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 15,000 ft · broken layer at 22,000 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

11 HDG 110° —CALM —— 8,601'

29 HDG 290° —CALM —— 8,601'

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 8,001'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 8,001'

Pattern altitude: 1,236 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 +17°C

2,200FT

+1,964 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV236 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT124 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAVL (Asheville Regional Airport, Asheville, elev 2,165 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN220

Broken · base 22,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT150

Scattered · base 15,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING22,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER22,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL16,246 ft VFR MARGIN+19,000 ft

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

10:54ZSUNRISE

17:28ZSOLAR NOON

00:01ZSUNSET

00:27ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 45m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:27Z (6h 11m) DAY LENGTH13h 06m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:01Z MOONSET10:08Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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