// Station · 18m ago

KCHO

Charlottesville Albemarle Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 210° / 3 kt

VIS 3.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 200 ft

T/Td 21.1°C / 21.1°C

ALTIM 29.99 inHg

WX -RA BR

ELEV 639 FT

38.1386°N / 78.4529°W

LOCATION · Charlottesville, US

WIND

210°3 kt

KCHO · 639 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/3

VIS

3.0 SM

CEILING

OVC002

LAYERS

OVC002

T / Td

21 / 21

ALTIM

29.99"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 200 ft. Light winds at 210°/3 kt, visibility 3.0 SM, overcast at 200 ft. Reported weather: -RA BR. Reported weather: -RA BR. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI KCHO 271134Z 21003KT 3SM -RA BR OVC002 21/21 A2999 RMK AO2 P0001 T02110211

KCHO · day 27 at 11:34 UTC · wind from 210° at 3 kt · visibility 3.0 SM · overcast at 200 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.99" Hg · weather: -RA BR · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

210°3 kt

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 +7°C

1,400FT

+761 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

FIELD ELEV639 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT565 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSHD (Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport, Weyers Cave, elev 1,201 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-4%

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)

OVC002

Overcast · base 200 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,296 ft VFR MARGIN-2,800 ft

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

09:56ZSUNRISE

17:12ZSOLAR NOON

00:28ZSUNSET

00:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:52Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 36m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:59Z (13h 06m) DAY LENGTH14h 32m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE18:41Z MOONSET09:13Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

KSHD

IFR

Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport · Weyers Cave

WIND: 190° / 4 kt
VIS: 2.5 SM
CEILING: SCT100
DIST: 22 NM W
AGE: 17m ago

KHEF

LIFR

Manassas Regional Airport/Harry P. Davis Field · Manassas

WIND: CALM
VIS: 3.0 SM
CEILING: OVC003
DIST: 56 NM NE
AGE: 19m ago

KNYG

IFR

Quantico Marine Corps Airfield / Turner Field · Quantico

WIND: 190° / 3 kt
VIS: 3.0 SM
CEILING: BKN009
DIST: 58 NM E
AGE: 56m ago

KLYH

LIFR

Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field · Lynchburg

WIND: 200° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC003
DIST: 60 NM SW
AGE: 58m ago

KRIC

MVFR

Richmond International Airport · Richmond

WIND: 220° / 8 kt
VIS: 5.0 SM
CEILING: BKN010
DIST: 66 NM SE
AGE: 6m ago

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