// Station · 11m ago

KFWC

Fairfield Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 030° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29.3°C / 14.1°C

ALTIM 30.07 inHg

ELEV 436 FT

38.3786°N / 88.4127°W

LOCATION · Fairfield, US

WIND

030°4 kt

KFWC · 436 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

030°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT065 SCT080

T / Td

29 / 14

ALTIM

30.07"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 030°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 6,500 ft, and scattered at 8,000 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 KFWC 282255Z AUTO 03004KT 10SM SCT065 SCT080 29/14 A3007 RMK AO2 T02930141

KFWC · day 28 at 22:55 UTC · wind from 030° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 6,500 ft · scattered layer at 8,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.07" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 030° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

030°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 4,000'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 4,000'

18 HDG 180° —CALM —— 1,999'

36 HDG 360° —CALM —— 1,999'

Pattern altitude: 1,436 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 +15°C

2,100FT

+1,664 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV436 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT283 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KVJI (Virginia Highlands Airport, Abingdon, elev 2,087 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT080

Scattered · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT065

Scattered · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL15,234 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:21ZSUNRISE

17:56ZSOLAR NOON

00:31ZSUNSET

00:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 25m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:59Z (1h 52m) DAY LENGTH13h 10m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:03Z MOONSET13:14Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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