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// Station · 31m ago

KFQD

Rutherford County Marchman Field
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 23°C / 20°C
ALTIM 30.09 inHg
ELEV 1,077 FT
35.4282°N / 81.9351°W
LOCATION · Rutherfordton, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
KFQD · 1,077 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 22Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
 
 
 
T / Td
23 / 20
 
 
 
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 KFQD 282235Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A3009 RMK AO2

KFQD · day 28 at 22:35 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 23°C / dewpoint 20°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
01 HDG 010° CALM 5,000'
19 HDG 190° CALM 5,000'
Pattern altitude: 2,077 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 +10°C

2,100FT
+1,023 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV1,077 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT906 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAVL (Asheville Regional Airport, Asheville, elev 2,165 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+21%
-15%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+15%
-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. 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 · 12,693 FT KFQD ELEV · 1,077 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL12,693 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:58ZSUNRISE
17:30ZSOLAR NOON
00:02ZSUNSET
00:28ZCIVIL END
CURRENT23:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING56m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:28Z (1h 22m) DAY LENGTH13h 04m
Full Moon
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:41Z MOONSET12:45Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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