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// KGAD · Northeast Alabama Regional Airport · Gadsden

// Station · 15d ago · STALE · HARD STALE

KGAD

Northeast Alabama Regional Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 010° / 7 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 22.2°C / 10°C
ALTIM 30.00 inHg
ELEV 569 FT
33.9726°N / 86.0890°W
LOCATION · Gadsden, US
N
WIND
010°7 kt
KGAD · 569 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 15Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
010°/7
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
22 / 10
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.00"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 010°/7 kt. 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 KGAD 271556Z AUTO 01007KT 10SM CLR 22/10 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP161 T02220100 PNO $

KGAD · day 27 at 15:56 UTC · wind from 010° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 22°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 010° @ 7 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
N
WIND
010°7 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
06★ HDG 060° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,802'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
24 HDG 240° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —
Pattern altitude: 1,569 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

1,500FT
+931 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV569 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT487 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K8A0 (Albertville Regional Airport/Thomas J Brumlik Field, Albertville, elev 1,032 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+15%
-11%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+11%
-7%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+6%
-5%

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 · 11,781 FT KGAD ELEV · 569 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL11,781 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:48ZSUNRISE
17:31ZSOLAR NOON
23:14ZSUNSET
23:39ZCIVIL END
CURRENT06:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 44m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:39Z (17h 09m) DAY LENGTH11h 25m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:20Z MOONSET00:46Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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