// Station · 26m ago

KCIC

Chico Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 31°C / 4°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

ELEV 240 FT

39.7956°N / 121.8577°W

LOCATION · Chico, US

WIND

140°10 kt

KCIC · 240 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

31 / 4

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 140°/10 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 KCIC 290050Z 14010KT 10SM CLR 31/04 A2990

KCIC · day 29 at 00:50 UTC · wind from 140° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 31°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

140°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

13L★ HDG 130° H10 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,724'

13R HDG 130° H10 kt X2 kt RIGHT 3,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

31R HDG 310° T10 kt X2 kt LEFT —

31L HDG 310° T10 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,240 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 +17°C

2,200FT

+1,960 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV240 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT258 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBNG (Banning Municipal Airport, Banning, elev 2,219 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL15,897 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

13:33ZSUNRISE

20:10ZSOLAR NOON

02:47ZSUNSET

03:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 31m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:15Z (1h 59m) DAY LENGTH13h 14m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE02:20Z MOONSET15:34Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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