// Station · 9m ago

KLCH

Lake Charles Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 8,500 ft

T/Td 26.1°C / 23.9°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 15 FT

30.1261°N / 93.2233°W

LOCATION · Lake Charles, US

WIND

140°8 kt

KLCH · 15 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN085

LAYERS

FEW050 BKN085

T / Td

26 / 24

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,500 ft. Moderate winds at 140°/8 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 5,000 ft, and broken at 8,500 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 KLCH 130153Z 14008KT 10SM FEW050 BKN085 26/24 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02610239

KLCH · day 13 at 01:53 UTC · wind from 140° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 5,000 ft · broken layer at 8,500 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 8 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

140°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

15★ HDG 150° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,500'

05 HDG 050° H0 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

23 HDG 230° H0 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

33 HDG 330° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

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 +11°C

1,200FT

+1,185 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV15 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT-97 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRYW (Lago Vista Texas Rusty Allen Airport, Lago Vista, elev 1,231 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

BKN085

Broken · base 8,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW050

Few · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,197 ft VFR MARGIN+5,500 ft

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

12:13ZSUNRISE

18:00ZSOLAR NOON

23:47ZSUNSET

00:11ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:11Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 33m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:36Z MOONSET01:09Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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