// Station · 16m ago

KCMH

John Glenn Columbus International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 20.6°C / 16.7°C

ALTIM 29.95 inHg

ELEV 815 FT

39.9980°N / 82.8919°W

LOCATION · Columbus, US

WIND

150°4 kt

KCMH · 815 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW250

T / Td

21 / 17

ALTIM

29.95"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 150°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles 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 KCMH 130051Z 15004KT 10SM FEW250 21/17 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02060167

KCMH · day 13 at 00:51 UTC · wind from 150° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 25,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.95" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

150°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

10R HDG 100° —CALM —— 10,114'

28L HDG 280° —CALM —— 10,114'

10L HDG 100° —CALM —— 8,000'

28R HDG 280° —CALM —— 8,000'

Pattern altitude: 1,815 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 +7°C

1,600FT

+785 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV815 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT783 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMFD (Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport, Mansfield, elev 1,297 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW250

Few · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL11,219 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:39ZSUNRISE

17:19ZSOLAR NOON

22:58ZSUNSET

23:25ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:25Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 18m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:00Z MOONSET00:19Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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