// Station · 20m ago

KCHO

Charlottesville Albemarle Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26.1°C / 13.3°C

ALTIM 30.08 inHg

ELEV 639 FT

38.1386°N / 78.4529°W

LOCATION · Charlottesville, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KCHO · 639 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT055

T / Td

26 / 13

ALTIM

30.08"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 5,500 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 KCHO 251753Z 00000KT 10SM SCT055 26/13 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02610133 10261 20150 58016

KCHO · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 5,500 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

03 HDG 030° —CALM —— 6,801'

21 HDG 210° —CALM —— 6,801'

Pattern altitude: 1,639 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 +12°C

1,900FT

+1,261 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV639 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT477 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KVJI (Virginia Highlands Airport, Abingdon, elev 2,087 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+19%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT055

Scattered · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER5,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,821 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:38ZSUNRISE

17:17ZSOLAR NOON

23:56ZSUNSET

00:23ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 42m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:23Z (6h 09m) DAY LENGTH13h 17m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:45Z MOONSET10:02Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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