// Station · 24m ago

KGWB

De Kalb County Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND VRB / 2 kt

VIS 4.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 20°C / 17°C

ALTIM 30.13 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 880 FT

41.3072°N / 85.0644°W

LOCATION · Auburn, US

WIND

VRB2 kt

KGWB · 880 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/2

VIS

4.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

20 / 17

ALTIM

30.13"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 4.0 SM. Light winds at variable/2 kt, visibility 4.0 SM, no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KGWB 290055Z AUTO VRB02KT 4SM HZ CLR 20/17 A3013 RMK AO2

KGWB · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind variable at 2 kt · visibility 4.0 SM · temp 20°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.13" Hg · weather: haze (HZ) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 7,106'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 7,106'

Pattern altitude: 1,880 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 +6°C

1,400FT

+520 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV880 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT668 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRID (Richmond Municipal Airport, Richmond, elev 1,140 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL10,981 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:03ZSUNRISE

17:43ZSOLAR NOON

00:22ZSUNSET

00:50ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:50Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 18m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:51Z MOONSET13:09Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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