// Station · 20m ago

KEDW

Edwards Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 35°C / 4.5°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 2,312 FT

34.9108°N / 117.8864°W

LOCATION · Edwards, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KEDW · 2,312 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW100 FEW300

T / Td

35 / 5

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 10,000 ft, and a few at 30,000 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 KEDW 251755Z 00000KT 50SM FEW100 FEW300 35/05 A3003 RMK AO2A SLP139 T03500045 10350 20227 58001

KEDW · day 25 at 17:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 10,000 ft · a few clouds at 30,000 ft · temp 35°C / dewpoint 5°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · sea-level pressure 1013.9 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 6 ends

05R HDG 050° —CALM —— 16,798'

23L HDG 230° —CALM —— 16,798'

05L HDG 050° —CALM —— 12,000'

23R HDG 230° —CALM —— 12,000'

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 8,000'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 8,000'

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 +24°C

5,100FT

+2,788 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,312 FT OAT+35°C ISA DELTA+24°C PRESSURE ALT2,200 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBLU (Blue Canyon Nyack Airport, Emigrant Gap, elev 5,284 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+51%

-36%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+36%

-23%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+20%

-15%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW300

Few · base 30,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW100

Few · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER30,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL19,989 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:20ZSUNRISE

19:55ZSOLAR NOON

02:29ZSUNSET

02:55ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 14m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:55Z (8h 40m) DAY LENGTH13h 08m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:27Z MOONSET12:36Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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