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// KCHS · Charleston International Airport · Charleston

// Station · 6m ago

KCHS

Charleston International Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 190° / 5 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 20°C / 18.9°C
ALTIM 29.99 inHg
ELEV 46 FT
32.8962°N / 80.0382°W
LOCATION · Charleston, US
N
WIND
190°5 kt
KCHS · 46 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 01Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
190°/5
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
20 / 19
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.99"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 190°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 130156Z 19005KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02000189

KCHS · day 13 at 01:56 UTC · wind from 190° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 20°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.99" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 5 kt
2 USABLE · 2 AVOID
N
WIND
190°5 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable
21★ HDG 210° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,000'
15 HDG 150° H4 kt X3 kt RIGHT 9,001'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends
33 HDG 330° T4 kt X3 kt LEFT —
03 HDG 030° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —
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 +5°C

600FT
+554 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV46 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT-28 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K35A (Union County, Troy Shelton Field, Union, elev 610 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+6%
-4%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+4%
-3%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+2%
-2%

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 · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 10,147 FT KCHS ELEV · 46 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL10,147 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:23ZSUNRISE
17:07ZSOLAR NOON
22:52ZSUNSET
23:17ZCIVIL END
CURRENT02:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:17Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 29m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE12:46Z MOONSET00:15Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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