// Station · 24m ago

KLKR

Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field

CAT VFR

WIND 070° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,900 ft

T/Td 22°C / 21°C

ALTIM 30.08 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 486 FT

34.7229°N / 80.8546°W

LOCATION · Lancaster, US

WIND

070°7 kt

KLKR · 486 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

070°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN039

LAYERS

SCT028 BKN039 OVC110

T / Td

22 / 21

ALTIM

30.08"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,900 ft. Light winds at 070°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 2,800 ft, broken at 3,900 ft, and overcast at 11,000 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-RA). 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 KLKR 290055Z AUTO 07007KT 10SM -RA SCT028 BKN039 OVC110 22/21 A3008 RMK AO2 P0010

KLKR · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 070° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 2,800 ft · broken layer at 3,900 ft · overcast at 11,000 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

070°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

06★ HDG 060° H7 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,004'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

24 HDG 240° T7 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,486 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 +8°C

1,200FT

+714 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV486 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT324 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGMU (Greenville Downtown Airport, Greenville, elev 1,048 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC110

Overcast · base 11,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN039

Broken · base 3,900 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT028

Scattered · base 2,800 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,900 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,597 ft VFR MARGIN+900 ft

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

10:54ZSUNRISE

17:26ZSOLAR NOON

23:57ZSUNSET

00:23ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:23Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 02m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:41Z MOONSET12:44Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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