// Station · 9m ago

KDAN

Danville Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 260° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 25.6°C / 10.6°C

ALTIM 30.10 inHg

ELEV 571 FT

36.5729°N / 79.3361°W

LOCATION · Danville, US

WIND

260°3 kt

KDAN · 571 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 11

ALTIM

30.10"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 260°/3 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 KDAN 251653Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM CLR 26/11 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP184 T02560106

KDAN · day 25 at 16:53 UTC · wind from 260° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 30.10" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

260°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

02 HDG 020° —CALM —— 5,900'

20 HDG 200° —CALM —— 5,900'

13 HDG 130° —CALM —— 3,910'

31 HDG 310° —CALM —— 3,910'

Pattern altitude: 1,571 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 +11°C

1,800FT

+1,229 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV571 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT388 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KVJI (Virginia Highlands Airport, Abingdon, elev 2,087 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

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. 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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL13,500 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:44ZSUNRISE

17:20ZSOLAR NOON

23:57ZSUNSET

00:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 55m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:24Z (7h 22m) DAY LENGTH13h 13m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:48Z MOONSET10:01Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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