// Station · 26m ago

KLCH

Lake Charles Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 330° / 7 kt

VIS 8.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 11,000 ft

T/Td 31.1°C / 25°C

ALTIM 30.08 inHg

ELEV 15 FT

30.1261°N / 93.2233°W

LOCATION · Lake Charles, US

WIND

330°7 kt

KLCH · 15 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

330°/7

VIS

8.0 SM

CEILING

BKN110

LAYERS

FEW024 SCT030 BKN110

T / Td

31 / 25

ALTIM

30.08"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 11,000 ft. Light winds at 330°/7 kt, visibility 8.0 SM, a few at 2,400 ft, scattered at 3,000 ft, and broken at 11,000 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 KLCH 251553Z 33007KT 8SM FEW024 SCT030 BKN110 31/25 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP194 T03110250

KLCH · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 330° at 7 kt · visibility 8.0 SM · a few clouds at 2,400 ft · scattered layer at 3,000 ft · broken layer at 11,000 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 330° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

330°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

33★ HDG 330° H7 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 6,500'

05 HDG 050° H1 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

23 HDG 230° T1 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

15 HDG 150° T7 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,015 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 +16°C

1,700FT

+1,685 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV15 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT-147 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KT82 (Gillespie County Airport, Fredericksburg, elev 1,695 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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)

BKN110

Broken · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT030

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

FEW024

Few · base 2,400 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING11,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL15,722 ft VFR MARGIN+8,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:47ZSUNRISE

18:16ZSOLAR NOON

00:45ZSUNSET

01:10ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 26m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:10Z (8h 51m) DAY LENGTH12h 58m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:49Z MOONSET10:48Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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