// Station · 12m ago

KDOV

Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 18.1°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 24 FT

39.1295°N / 75.4660°W

LOCATION · Dover, US

WIND

270°3 kt

KDOV · 24 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

18 / 15

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 270°/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 KDOV 130055Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP122 T01810150

KDOV · day 13 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 270° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 18°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

270°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 12,903'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 12,903'

01 HDG 010° —CALM —— 9,602'

19 HDG 190° —CALM —— 9,602'

Pattern altitude: 1,024 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 +3°C

400FT

+376 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV24 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT63 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KILG (Wilmington Airport, Wilmington, elev 80 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

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 LEVEL9,165 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:09ZSUNRISE

16:49ZSOLAR NOON

22:29ZSUNSET

22:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:56Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 20m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE12:30Z MOONSET23:50Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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