// Station · 6m ago

KCDW

Essex County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 040° / 11 kt G25

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 16.1°C / 4.4°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 173 FT

40.8752°N / 74.2814°W

LOCATION · Caldwell, US

WIND

040°11 kt

KCDW · 173 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/11G25

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW049

T / Td

16 / 4

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 040°/11 kt, gusting 25. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 4,900 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 KCDW 302053Z 04011G25KT 10SM FEW049 16/04 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP166 T01610044 53012

KCDW · day 30 at 20:53 UTC · wind from 040° at 11 kt, gusts to 25 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,900 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 11 ktG25

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

040°11G25 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

04★ HDG 040° H11 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 4,552'

10 HDG 100° H6 kt X10 kt LEFT 3,719'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

28 HDG 280° T6 kt X10 kt RIGHT —

22 HDG 220° T11 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,173 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

200FT

+27 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -1,300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV173 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT82 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMMU (Morristown Municipal Airport, Morristown, elev 187 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+2%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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)

FEW049

Few · base 4,900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,900 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL8,304 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

09:30ZSUNRISE

16:56ZSOLAR NOON

00:22ZSUNSET

00:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:59Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 22m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:54Z (3h 55m) DAY LENGTH14h 51m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION100% MOONRISE20:59Z MOONSET11:51Z FULL MOON IN1 day

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

KMMU

VFR

Morristown Municipal Airport · Morristown

WIND: 020° / 14 ktG22
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN050
DIST: 8 NM SW
AGE: 1h 14m ago

KTEB

VFR

Teterboro Airport · Teterboro

WIND: 020° / 13 ktG23
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN050
DIST: 10 NM E
AGE: 8m ago

KEWR

VFR

Newark Liberty International Airport · Newark

WIND: 360° / 19 ktG35
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN045
DIST: 12 NM SE
AGE: 8m ago

KLDJ

VFR

Linden Airport · Linden

WIND: 020° / 11 ktG19
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC050
DIST: 16 NM S
AGE: 4m ago

KLGA

VFR

LaGuardia Airport · New York

WIND: 020° / 14 ktG22
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN049
DIST: 19 NM E
AGE: 8m ago

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