// Station · 15m ago

KIZA

Santa Ynez Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 4,300 ft

T/Td 14°C / 5°C

ALTIM 29.92 inHg

ELEV 674 FT

34.6068°N / 120.0760°W

LOCATION · Santa Ynez, US

WIND

280°4 kt

KIZA · 674 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN043

LAYERS

BKN043 BKN050 BKN060

T / Td

14 / 5

ALTIM

29.92"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,300 ft. Light winds at 280°/4 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 4,300 ft, broken at 5,000 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 KIZA 130215Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM BKN043 BKN050 BKN060 14/05 A2992 RMK AO2

KIZA · day 13 at 02:15 UTC · wind from 280° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 4,300 ft · broken layer at 5,000 ft · broken layer at 6,000 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 5°C · altimeter 29.92" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

280°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

08 HDG 080° —CALM —— 2,803'

26 HDG 260° —CALM —— 2,803'

Pattern altitude: 1,674 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 +0°C

700FT

+26 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV674 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT671 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCNO (Chino Airport, Chino, elev 650 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+7%

-5%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+5%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN060

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

BKN050

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

BKN043

Broken · base 4,300 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING4,300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL7,745 ft VFR MARGIN+1,300 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

14:04ZSUNRISE

19:47ZSOLAR NOON

01:31ZSUNSET

01:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:56Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 26m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:28Z MOONSET02:55Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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