// Station · 22m ago

KDOV

Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 230° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 14.7°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 24 FT

39.1295°N / 75.4660°W

LOCATION · Dover, US

WIND

230°9 kt

KDOV · 24 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

230°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW046

T / Td

25 / 15

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 230°/9 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 4,600 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 KDOV 251555Z AUTO 23009KT 10SM FEW046 25/15 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP173 T02500147

KDOV · day 25 at 15:55 UTC · wind from 230° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,600 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 230° @ 9 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 3 CAUTION

WIND

230°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

19★ HDG 190° H7 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,602'

14 HDG 140° H0 kt X9 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

32 HDG 320° H0 kt X9 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

01 HDG 010° T7 kt X6 kt LEFT —

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 +10°C

1,100FT

+1,076 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV24 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT-88 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KITH (Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport, Ithaca, elev 1,099 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+11%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW046

Few · base 4,600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,650 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:25ZSUNRISE

17:05ZSOLAR NOON

23:45ZSUNSET

00:13ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 27m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:13Z (7h 55m) DAY LENGTH13h 19m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:28Z MOONSET09:47Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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