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// Station · 57m ago

KCRW

Yeager Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING BKN at 4,300 ft
T/Td 20.6°C / 20.6°C
ALTIM 29.99 inHg
ELEV 981 FT
38.3731°N / 81.5932°W
LOCATION · Charleston, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
KCRW · 981 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 08Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
BKN043
 
 
 
LAYERS
FEW001 BKN043 OVC190
 
 
 
T / Td
21 / 21
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.99"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,300 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 100 ft, broken at 4,300 ft, and overcast at 19,000 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 KCRW 270854Z 00000KT 10SM FEW001 BKN043 OVC190 21/21 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP148 VLY FG T02060206 53001

KCRW · day 27 at 08:54 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 100 ft · broken layer at 4,300 ft · overcast at 19,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.99" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
05 HDG 050° CALM 6,715'
23 HDG 230° CALM 6,715'
Pattern altitude: 1,981 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

1,800FT
+819 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +400 FT
2,600 1,900 1,200
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV981 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT907 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KEKN (Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport, Elkins, elev 1,987 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+18%
-13%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+13%
-8%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+7%
-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.

// Cloud layers · 3 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 11,385 FT FEW001 BKN043 · CEILING OVC190 KCRW ELEV · 981 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
OVC190
Overcast · base 19,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas
BKN043
Broken · base 4,300 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas
FEW001
Few · base 100 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas
// Computed
CEILING4,300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER19,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,385 ft VFR MARGIN+1,300 ft

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

10:08ZSUNRISE
17:24ZSOLAR NOON
00:41ZSUNSET
01:12ZCIVIL END
CURRENT09:51Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 50m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:12Z (15h 21m) DAY LENGTH14h 33m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE18:48Z MOONSET09:22Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

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