// Station · 14m ago

KCKZ

Pennridge Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 8.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 14°C / 14°C

ALTIM 29.92 inHg

ELEV 568 FT

40.3892°N / 75.2905°W

LOCATION · Perkasie, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KCKZ · 568 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

8.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW048 FEW060

T / Td

14 / 14

ALTIM

29.92"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility 8.0 SM and a few at 4,800 ft, and a few at 6,000 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 KCKZ 130215Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM FEW048 FEW060 14/14 A2992 RMK AO2

KCKZ · day 13 at 02:15 UTC · winds calm · visibility 8.0 SM · a few clouds at 4,800 ft · a few clouds at 6,000 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.92" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// 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

08 HDG 080° —CALM —— 4,211'

26 HDG 260° —CALM —— 4,211'

Pattern altitude: 1,568 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 +0°C

600FT

+32 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV568 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT565 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLHV (William T. Piper Memorial Airport, Lock Haven, elev 556 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW060

Few · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW048

Few · base 4,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL7,639 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:09ZSUNRISE

16:48ZSOLAR NOON

22:27ZSUNSET

22:55ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:29Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:55Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 18m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE12:33Z MOONSET23:51Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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