// Station · 51m ago

KJFK

John F. Kennedy International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 25,000 ft

T/Td 22.2°C / 18.3°C

ALTIM 30.30 inHg

ELEV 13 FT

40.6394°N / 73.7793°W

LOCATION · New York, US

WIND

190°8 kt

KJFK · 13 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN250

LAYERS

SCT060 SCT180 BKN250

T / Td

22 / 18

ALTIM

30.30"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 25,000 ft. Moderate winds at 190°/8 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 6,000 ft, scattered at 18,000 ft, and broken at 25,000 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 KJFK 162351Z 19008KT 10SM SCT060 SCT180 BKN250 22/18 A3030 RMK AO2 SLP258 T02220183 58002 $

KJFK · day 16 at 23:51 UTC · wind from 190° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 6,000 ft · scattered layer at 18,000 ft · broken layer at 25,000 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.30" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1025.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 8 kt

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

190°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

22R★ HDG 220° H7 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 12,079'

22L HDG 220° H7 kt X4 kt LEFT 8,400'

13L HDG 130° H4 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 88%

13R HDG 130° H4 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 88%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

31R HDG 310° T4 kt X7 kt LEFT —

31L HDG 310° T4 kt X7 kt LEFT —

04L HDG 040° T7 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

04R HDG 040° T7 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,013 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

400FT

+387 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV13 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT-371 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSYR (Syracuse Hancock International Airport, Syracuse, elev 421 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

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)

BKN250

Broken · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT180

Scattered · base 18,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT060

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

// Computed

CEILING25,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,225 ft VFR MARGIN+22,000 ft

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

10:37ZSUNRISE

16:51ZSOLAR NOON

23:04ZSUNSET

23:32ZCIVIL END

CURRENT00:42Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:32Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 26m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION27% MOONRISE14:50Z MOONSET03:17Z FULL MOON IN10 days

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