// Station · 18m ago

KLAX

Los Angeles International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 12 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 19.4°C / 9.4°C

ALTIM 29.89 inHg

ELEV 125 FT

33.9425°N / 118.4080°W

LOCATION · Los Angeles, US

WIND

250°12 kt

KLAX · 125 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/12

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW060 SCT075

T / Td

19 / 9

ALTIM

29.89"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 250°/12 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 6,000 ft, and scattered at 7,500 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 KLAX 122353Z 25012KT 10SM FEW060 SCT075 19/09 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP121 T01940094 10206 20178 55000 $

KLAX · day 12 at 23:53 UTC · wind from 250° at 12 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 6,000 ft · scattered layer at 7,500 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.89" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 12 kt

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID

WIND

250°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

25R★ HDG 250° H12 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 12,894'

25L HDG 250° H12 kt X0 kt — 11,095'

24R HDG 240° H12 kt X2 kt RIGHT 8,926'

24L HDG 240° H12 kt X2 kt RIGHT 10,859'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

6L HDG 060° T12 kt X2 kt LEFT —

6R HDG 060° T12 kt X2 kt LEFT —

7L HDG 070° T12 kt X0 kt — —

7R HDG 070° T12 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,125 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 +5°C

700FT

+575 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV125 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT152 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KIZA (Santa Ynez Airport, Santa Ynez, elev 674 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT075

Scattered · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW060

Few · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER7,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL9,923 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:57ZSUNRISE

19:41ZSOLAR NOON

01:25ZSUNSET

01:50ZCIVIL END

CURRENT00:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 13m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:50Z (1h 38m) DAY LENGTH11h 27m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:16Z MOONSET02:44Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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