// Station · 21m ago

KIXA

Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 25°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

ELEV 145 FT

36.3298°N / 77.6352°W

LOCATION · Halifax, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KIXA · 145 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT045 SCT060

T / Td

25 / 25

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 4,500 ft, and scattered 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 KIXA 290055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT045 SCT060 25/25 A3002 RMK AO2

KIXA · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 4,500 ft · scattered layer at 6,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

02 HDG 020° —CALM —— 5,500'

20 HDG 200° —CALM —— 5,500'

Pattern altitude: 1,145 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 +10°C

1,300FT

+1,155 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV145 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT42 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KUKF (Wilkes County Airport, North Wilkesboro, elev 1,301 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-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)

SCT060

Scattered · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT045

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

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL12,771 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:40ZSUNRISE

17:13ZSOLAR NOON

23:46ZSUNSET

00:12ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:12Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 06m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:27Z MOONSET12:33Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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