// Station · 25m ago

KLGB

Long Beach International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 200° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 1,300 ft

T/Td 19.4°C / 16.1°C

ALTIM 29.93 inHg

ELEV 60 FT

33.8165°N / 118.1499°W

LOCATION · Long Beach, US

WIND

200°4 kt

KLGB · 60 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC013

LAYERS

OVC013

T / Td

19 / 16

ALTIM

29.93"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,300 ft. Light winds at 200°/4 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 1,300 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

Loading TAF forecast narrative…

SOURCES · NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (TAF loading…)

// Want this glance-able on 10 airports? METAR Deck →

// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KLGB 111453Z 20004KT 10SM OVC013 19/16 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP133 T01940161 53008

KLGB · day 11 at 14:53 UTC · wind from 200° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 1,300 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.93" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

200°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 6 ends

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 10,000'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 10,000'

08L HDG 080° —CALM —— 6,192'

26R HDG 260° —CALM —— 6,192'

08R HDG 080° —CALM —— 3,918'

26L HDG 260° —CALM —— 3,918'

Pattern altitude: 1,060 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 +4°C

600FT

+540 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV60 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT48 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KUKI (Ukiah Municipal Airport, Ukiah, elev 614 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+6%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC013

Overcast · base 1,300 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,858 ft VFR MARGIN-1,700 ft

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

12:51ZSUNRISE

19:59ZSOLAR NOON

03:06ZSUNSET

03:35ZCIVIL END

CURRENT15:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 47m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:35Z (12h 16m) DAY LENGTH14h 15m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE10:17Z MOONSET00:32Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

KSLI

MVFR → VFR 18Z

Los Alamitos Army Air Field · Los Alamitos

WIND: 170° / 8 kt
VIS: 7.0 SM
CEILING: OVC015
DIST: 5 NM E
AGE: 23m ago

KFUL

MVFR

Fullerton Municipal Airport · Fullerton

WIND: 200° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN016
DIST: 9 NM E
AGE: 25m ago

KTOA

MVFR

Zamperini Field · Torrance

WIND: 180° / 6 kt
VIS: 8.0 SM
CEILING: OVC013
DIST: 10 NM W
AGE: 31m ago

KHHR

MVFR

Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport · Hawthorne

WIND: 170° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN016
DIST: 11 NM NW
AGE: 25m ago

KLAX

MVFR → VFR 19Z

Los Angeles International Airport · Los Angeles

WIND: VRB / 4 kt
VIS: 8.0 SM
CEILING: BKN016
DIST: 15 NM NW
AGE: 25m ago

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

AIRSPACE

// Want this on your Stream Deck? METAR Deck shows real-time category and conditions for any 10 airports — built by the team that ships this page.

Get METAR Deck →