// Station · 20m ago

KIPJ

Lincolnton Lincoln County Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21.3°C / 20.5°C

ALTIM 30.10 inHg

ELEV 877 FT

35.4833°N / 81.1613°W

LOCATION · Lincolnton, US

WIND

160°3 kt

KIPJ · 877 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT110

T / Td

21 / 21

ALTIM

30.10"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 160°/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 11,000 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 KIPJ 290055Z AUTO 16003KT 10SM SCT110 21/21 A3010 RMK AO2 T02130205

KIPJ · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 160° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 11,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 30.10" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

160°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 5,700'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 5,700'

Pattern altitude: 1,877 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

1,600FT

+723 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV877 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT694 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRHP (Western Carolina Regional Airport, Andrews, elev 1,697 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT110

Scattered · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL11,635 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:55ZSUNRISE

17:27ZSOLAR NOON

23:59ZSUNSET

00:25ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:25Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 04m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:42Z MOONSET12:46Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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