// Station · 58m ago

KCHS

Charleston International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 180° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 25,000 ft

T/Td 25°C / 23.3°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 46 FT

32.8962°N / 80.0382°W

LOCATION · Charleston, US

WIND

180°10 kt

KCHS · 46 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 10Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN250

LAYERS

FEW015 SCT100 BKN250

T / Td

25 / 23

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 25,000 ft. Moderate winds at 180°/10 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 1,500 ft, scattered at 10,000 ft, and broken at 25,000 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 KCHS 271056Z 18010KT 10SM FEW015 SCT100 BKN250 25/23 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP187 T02500233

KCHS · day 27 at 10:56 UTC · wind from 180° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 1,500 ft · scattered layer at 10,000 ft · broken layer at 25,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

180°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

21★ HDG 210° H9 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,000'

15 HDG 150° H9 kt X5 kt RIGHT 9,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

03 HDG 030° T9 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

33 HDG 330° T9 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,046 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 +10°C

1,000FT

+954 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV46 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT-125 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGSP (Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg, elev 964 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+10%

-7%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+7%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN250

Broken · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT100

Scattered · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW015

Few · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING25,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,672 ft VFR MARGIN+22,000 ft

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

10:15ZSUNRISE

17:18ZSOLAR NOON

00:21ZSUNSET

00:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:54Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 27m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:49Z (12h 55m) DAY LENGTH14h 05m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE19:00Z MOONSET09:06Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of KCHS.

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