// Station · 20m ago

KJZI

Charleston Executive Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 12,000 ft

T/Td 24°C / 24°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 17 FT

32.6982°N / 80.0057°W

LOCATION · Johns Island, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KJZI · 17 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 04Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN120

LAYERS

FEW039 SCT055 BKN120

T / Td

24 / 24

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 12,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 3,900 ft, scattered at 5,500 ft, and broken at 12,000 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 KJZI 290455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW039 SCT055 BKN120 24/24 A3009 RMK AO2

KJZI · day 29 at 04:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 3,900 ft · scattered layer at 5,500 ft · broken layer at 12,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.09" 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 4 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 5,350'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 5,350'

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 4,313'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 4,313'

Pattern altitude: 1,017 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 +9°C

900FT

+883 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV17 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT-154 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCEU (Oconee County Regional Airport, Clemson, elev 892 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+9%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

BKN120

Broken · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT055

Scattered · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW039

Few · base 3,900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING12,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,138 ft VFR MARGIN+9,000 ft

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

10:54ZSUNRISE

17:22ZSOLAR NOON

23:50ZSUNSET

00:16ZCIVIL END

CURRENT05:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING18h 35m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:16Z (19h 00m) DAY LENGTH12h 56m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:49Z MOONSET12:45Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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