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// KCXY · Capital City Airport · Harrisburg

// Station · 25m ago

KCXY

Capital City Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 270° / 6 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 16.1°C / 13.3°C
ALTIM 29.94 inHg
ELEV 347 FT
40.2171°N / 76.8515°W
LOCATION · Harrisburg, US
N
WIND
270°6 kt
KCXY · 347 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 03Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
270°/6
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
16 / 13
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.94"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 270°/6 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 KCXY 130356Z AUTO 27006KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP139 T01610133 $

KCXY · day 13 at 03:56 UTC · wind from 270° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 16°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 6 kt
2 USABLE · 2 AVOID
N
WIND
270°6 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable
26★ HDG 260° H6 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,000'
30 HDG 300° H5 kt X3 kt LEFT 3,778'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends
12 HDG 120° T5 kt X3 kt RIGHT —
08 HDG 080° T6 kt X1 kt LEFT —
Pattern altitude: 1,347 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 +2°C

500FT
+153 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV347 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT324 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KTHV (York Airport, Thomasville, elev 495 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+5%
-4%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+4%
-2%
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 · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 8,478 FT KCXY ELEV · 347 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL8,478 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:15ZSUNRISE
16:55ZSOLAR NOON
22:34ZSUNSET
23:01ZCIVIL END
CURRENT04:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:01Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 18m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE12:43Z MOONSET00:01Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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