// Station · 56m ago

KDOV

Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 8,500 ft

T/Td 20.4°C / 18.7°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 24 FT

39.1295°N / 75.4660°W

LOCATION · Dover, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KDOV · 24 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 08Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC085

LAYERS

OVC085

T / Td

20 / 19

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,500 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 8,500 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 270855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC085 20/19 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP149 60000 T02040187 57006

KDOV · day 27 at 08:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 8,500 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

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 +5°C

600FT

+576 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV24 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT-17 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMRB (Eastern WV Regional Airport/Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, elev 565 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+6%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-3%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC085

Overcast · base 8,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL10,327 ft VFR MARGIN+5,500 ft

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

09:41ZSUNRISE

17:00ZSOLAR NOON

00:19ZSUNSET

00:50ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:51Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 28m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:50Z (14h 59m) DAY LENGTH14h 37m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE18:22Z MOONSET09:00Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

KMIV

MVFR → IFR 11Z

Millville Municipal Airport · Millville

WIND: CALM
VIS: 7.0 SM
CEILING: BKN016
DIST: 23 NM NE
AGE: 7m ago

KWWD

MVFR

Cape May County Airport · Wildwood

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN025
DIST: 27 NM E
AGE: 17m ago

KILG

IFR → MVFR 15Z

Wilmington Airport · Wilmington

WIND: 190° / 3 kt
VIS: 3.0 SM
CEILING: BKN005
DIST: 34 NM N
AGE: 10m ago

KMTN

LIFR → MVFR 14Z

Martin State Airport · Baltimore

WIND: CALM
VIS: 5.0 SM
CEILING: OVC004
DIST: 46 NM W
AGE: 36m ago

KACY

VFR → IFR 11Z

Atlantic City International Airport · Atlantic City

WIND: 210° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC100
DIST: 46 NM NE
AGE: 57m ago

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