// Station · 27m ago

KDCA

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 360° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26.7°C / 14.4°C

ALTIM 30.08 inHg

ELEV 15 FT

38.8521°N / 77.0377°W

LOCATION · Washington, US

WIND

360°8 kt

KDCA · 15 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

360°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW060 FEW250

T / Td

27 / 14

ALTIM

30.08"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 360°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 6,000 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 KDCA 251552Z 36008KT 10SM FEW060 FEW250 27/14 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP186 T02670144

KDCA · day 25 at 15:52 UTC · wind from 360° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 6,000 ft · a few clouds at 25,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 360° @ 8 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

360°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

01★ HDG 010° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,169'

33 HDG 330° H7 kt X4 kt RIGHT 5,204'

04 HDG 040° H6 kt X5 kt LEFT 5,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

22 HDG 220° T6 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

15 HDG 150° T7 kt X4 kt LEFT —

19 HDG 190° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,015 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

1,200FT

+1,185 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV15 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT-147 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSHD (Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport, Weyers Cave, elev 1,201 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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

FEW060

Few · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,500 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:32ZSUNRISE

17:11ZSOLAR NOON

23:51ZSUNSET

00:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 32m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:19Z (7h 59m) DAY LENGTH13h 19m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:34Z MOONSET09:53Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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