// Station · 21m ago

KFDW

Fairfield County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 310° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,500 ft

T/Td 21°C / 20°C

ALTIM 30.08 inHg

WX VCTSRA

ELEV 577 FT

34.3155°N / 81.1088°W

LOCATION · Winnsboro, US

WIND

310°6 kt

KFDW · 577 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN075

LAYERS

SCT055 BKN075 OVC090

T / Td

21 / 20

ALTIM

30.08"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,500 ft. Light winds at 310°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 5,500 ft, broken at 7,500 ft, and overcast at 9,000 ft. Reported weather: thunderstorm with rain in the vicinity (VCTSRA). 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 KFDW 290055Z AUTO 31006KT 10SM VCTSRA SCT055 BKN075 OVC090 21/20 A3008 RMK AO1 LTG DSNT W

KFDW · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 310° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 5,500 ft · broken layer at 7,500 ft · overcast at 9,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · weather: thunderstorm with rain in the vicinity (VCTSRA) · automated station (no precipitation discriminator)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 0 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

310°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

04★ HDG 040° H0 kt X6 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,243'

22 HDG 220° H0 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

Pattern altitude: 1,577 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 +7°C

1,200FT

+623 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV577 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT415 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGMU (Greenville Downtown Airport, Greenville, elev 1,048 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC090

Overcast · base 9,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN075

Broken · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT055

Scattered · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,183 ft VFR MARGIN+4,500 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

10:56ZSUNRISE

17:27ZSOLAR NOON

23:58ZSUNSET

00:23ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:23Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 01m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:43Z MOONSET12:45Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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