// Station · 8m ago

KECP

Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 31.7°C / 21.1°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 69 FT

30.3571°N / 85.7954°W

LOCATION · Panama City Beach, US

WIND

VRB3 kt

KECP · 69 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW050

T / Td

32 / 21

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 5,000 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 KECP 251653Z COR VRB03KT 10SM FEW050 32/21 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP173 T03170211

KECP · day 25 at 16:53 UTC · wind variable at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 5,000 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

16 HDG 160° —CALM —— 10,000'

34 HDG 340° —CALM —— 10,000'

Pattern altitude: 1,069 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 +17°C

2,000FT

+1,931 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV69 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT-22 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K1A5 (Macon County Airport, Franklin, elev 2,020 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

FEW050

Few · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL16,079 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:17ZSUNRISE

17:46ZSOLAR NOON

00:16ZSUNSET

00:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 14m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:40Z (7h 39m) DAY LENGTH12h 58m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:21Z MOONSET10:20Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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