// Station · 12m ago
KFAY
Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field
CAT VFR
WIND 260° / 7 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 30.6°C / 21.7°C
ALTIM 30.02 inHg
ELEV 189 FT
34.9912°N / 78.8803°W
LOCATION · Fayetteville, US
WIND
260°7 kt
KFAY · 189 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 14Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
260°/7
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
31 / 22
ALTIM
30.02"
// Interpretation
VFR with light winds at 260°/7 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR KFAY 111453Z 26007KT 10SM CLR 31/22 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP160 T03060217 50003
KFAY · day 11 at 14:53 UTC · wind from 260° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 31°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.0 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 260° @ 7 kt
2 USABLE · 2 AVOID
WIND
260°7 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS
2 usable
28★
HDG 280°
H7 kt
X2 kt LEFT
PRIMARY · 4,801'
22
HDG 220°
H5 kt
X4 kt RIGHT
7,709'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID
2 ends
04
HDG 040°
T5 kt
X4 kt LEFT
—
10
HDG 100°
T7 kt
X2 kt RIGHT
—
Pattern altitude: 1,189 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 +16°C
2,000FT
+1,811 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -400 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV189 FT
OAT+31°C
ISA DELTA+16°C
PRESSURE ALT86 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
MINOR
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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)
10:11ZSUNRISE
17:22ZSOLAR NOON
00:32ZSUNSET
01:01ZCIVIL END
CURRENT15:05Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 26m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:01Z (9h 56m)
DAY LENGTH14h 21m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%
MOONRISE07:37Z
MOONSET21:58Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KFBG
VFR
→
MVFR
20Z
Simmons Army Air Field · Fort Bragg
- WIND
- 270° / 8 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- OVC130
- DIST
- 9 NM N
- AGE
- 10m ago
KPOB
VFR
Pope Field · Fort Bragg
- WIND
- 260° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- OVC120
- DIST
- 13 NM NW
- AGE
- 10m ago
KHRJ
VFR
Harnett Regional Jetport Airport · Erwin
- WIND
- 270° / 7 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 24 NM N
- AGE
- 10m ago
KLBT
VFR
Lumberton Regional Airport · Lumberton
- WIND
- 280° / 8 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 24 NM S
- AGE
- 9m ago
KCTZ
VFR
Sampson County Airport · Clinton
- WIND
- 250° / 6 ktG14
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 25 NM E
- AGE
- 10m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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