// Station · 31m ago

KCLT

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 310° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30.6°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 748 FT

35.2140°N / 80.9431°W

LOCATION · Charlotte, US

WIND

310°7 kt

KCLT · 748 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW050 FEW250

T / Td

31 / 15

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 310°/7 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 5,000 ft, and a few 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 KCLT 251952Z 31007KT 10SM FEW050 FEW250 31/15 A3003 RMK SLP175 T03060150

KCLT · day 25 at 19:52 UTC · wind from 310° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 5,000 ft · a few clouds at 25,000 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · sea-level pressure 1017.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 7 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

310°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

36C★ HDG 360° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,000'

36R HDG 360° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT 8,676'

36L HDG 360° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT 9,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

18C HDG 180° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

18L HDG 180° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

18R HDG 180° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,748 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

2,700FT

+1,952 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV748 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT636 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K24A (Jackson County Airport, Sylva, elev 2,857 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+27%

-19%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+19%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-8%

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)

FEW250

Few · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW050

Few · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL16,203 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:52ZSUNRISE

17:27ZSOLAR NOON

00:02ZSUNSET

00:28ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 39m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:28Z (4h 05m) DAY LENGTH13h 09m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:03Z MOONSET10:13Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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