// Station · 22m ago

KILG

Wilmington Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 9 kt G18

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 6,000 ft

T/Td 27.2°C / 16.1°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 80 FT

39.6787°N / 75.6065°W

LOCATION · Wilmington, US

WIND

300°9 kt

KILG · 80 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/9G18

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN060

LAYERS

SCT045 BKN060

T / Td

27 / 16

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Moderate winds at 300°/9 kt, gusting 18, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 4,500 ft, and broken at 6,000 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 KILG 251751Z 30009G18KT 10SM SCT045 BKN060 27/16 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02720161 10278 20183 56015 PNO $

KILG · day 25 at 17:51 UTC · wind from 300° at 9 kt, gusts to 18 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 4,500 ft · broken layer at 6,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 9 ktG18

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

300°9G18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

32★ HDG 320° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,602'

27 HDG 270° H8 kt X4 kt RIGHT 7,275'

01 HDG 010° H3 kt X8 kt LEFT 7,012'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

19 HDG 190° T3 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

09 HDG 090° T8 kt X5 kt LEFT —

14 HDG 140° T8 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,080 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 +12°C

1,400FT

+1,320 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV80 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT-32 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMSV (Sullivan County International Airport, Monticello, elev 1,403 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN060

Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT045

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

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,817 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

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

10:25ZSUNRISE

17:06ZSOLAR NOON

23:46ZSUNSET

00:14ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 33m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:14Z (6h 01m) DAY LENGTH13h 21m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:31Z MOONSET09:53Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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