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// Station · 25m ago

KFFA

First Flight Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 23.4°C / 23°C
ALTIM 30.09 inHg
ELEV 13 FT
36.0182°N / 75.6713°W
LOCATION · Kill Devil Hills, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
KFFA · 13 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 08Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
 
 
 
T / Td
23 / 23
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.09"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. 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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KFFA 290835Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3009 RMK AO2 T02340230

KFFA · day 29 at 08:35 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 23°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
03 HDG 030° CALM 3,000'
21 HDG 210° CALM 3,000'
Pattern altitude: 1,013 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 +8°C

800FT
+787 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV13 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT-158 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAKH (Gastonia Municipal Airport, Gastonia, elev 798 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+8%
-6%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+6%
-4%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+3%
-2%

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 · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 11,831 FT KFFA ELEV · 13 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL11,831 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:33ZSUNRISE
17:05ZSOLAR NOON
23:36ZSUNSET
00:03ZCIVIL END
CURRENT09:00Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 36m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:03Z (15h 02m) DAY LENGTH13h 03m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION98% MOONRISE23:36Z MOONSET12:39Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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