// Station · 15m ago

KFCH

Fresno Chandler Executive Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 16°C / 6°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 279 FT

36.7324°N / 119.8200°W

LOCATION · Fresno, US

WIND

280°4 kt

KFCH · 279 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW045

T / Td

16 / 6

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 280°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 4,500 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 KFCH 130615Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM FEW045 16/06 A2996 RMK A01

KFCH · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · wind from 280° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,500 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

280°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 3,627'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 3,627'

Pattern altitude: 1,279 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 +1°C

400FT

+121 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV279 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT238 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLVK (Livermore Municipal Airport, Livermore, elev 400 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

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)

FEW045

Few · base 4,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL8,360 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

14:05ZSUNRISE

19:46ZSOLAR NOON

01:28ZSUNSET

01:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:54Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 23m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE15:37Z MOONSET03:00Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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