// Station · 12m ago

KEDW

Edwards Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 220° / 13 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 15.7°C / 4.1°C

ALTIM 29.84 inHg

ELEV 2,312 FT

34.9108°N / 117.8864°W

LOCATION · Edwards, US

WIND

220°13 kt

KEDW · 2,312 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/13

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT075

T / Td

16 / 4

ALTIM

29.84"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 220°/13 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 7,500 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 KEDW 130055Z AUTO 22013KT 10SM SCT075 16/04 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP096 T01570041 $

KEDW · day 13 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 220° at 13 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 7,500 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 29.84" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1009.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 13 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

220°13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

23R★ HDG 230° H13 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 12,000'

23L HDG 230° H13 kt X2 kt LEFT 16,798'

25 HDG 250° H11 kt X6 kt LEFT 8,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

07 HDG 070° T11 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

05L HDG 050° T13 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

05R HDG 050° T13 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 3,312 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

3,000FT

+688 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,312 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT2,389 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAPV (Apple Valley Airport, Apple Valley, elev 3,062 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+30%

-21%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+21%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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)

SCT075

Scattered · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER7,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL10,241 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

13:56ZSUNRISE

19:39ZSOLAR NOON

01:22ZSUNSET

01:47ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:47Z (40m) DAY LENGTH11h 26m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:17Z MOONSET02:43Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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