// Station · 1m ago
KLKU
Louisa County Airport / Freeman Field
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 23.8°C / 19.6°C
ALTIM 30.10 inHg
ELEV 493 FT
38.0098°N / 77.9701°W
LOCATION · Louisa, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KLKU · 493 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 02Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
24 / 20
ALTIM
30.10"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR KLKU 150215Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/20 A3010 RMK AO2 T02380196
KLKU · day 15 at 02:15 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 30.10" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
2 ends
09
HDG 090°
—CALM
——
4,300'
27
HDG 270°
—CALM
——
4,300'
Pattern altitude: 1,493 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 +9°C
1,400FT
+907 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +600 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV493 FT
OAT+24°C
ISA DELTA+9°C
PRESSURE ALT310 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at K0VG
(Lee County Airport, Jonesville, elev 1,411 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+14%
-10%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+10%
-6%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+6%
-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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)
10:01ZSUNRISE
17:18ZSOLAR NOON
00:35ZSUNSET
01:06ZCIVIL END
CURRENT02:16Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:06Z (past)
DAY LENGTH14h 34m
New Moon
ILLUMINATION0%
MOONRISE10:16Z
MOONSET00:50Z
FULL MOON IN14 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KOMH
VFR
Orange County Airport · Orange
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 15 NM N
- AGE
- 1m ago
KCHO
VFR
Charlottesville Albemarle Airport · Charlottesville
- WIND
- 200° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 24 NM W
- AGE
- 23m ago
KEZF
VFR
Shannon Airport · Fredericksburg
- WIND
- 220° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 29 NM NE
- AGE
- 21m ago
KOFP
VFR
Hanover County Municipal Airport · Hanover
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 7.0 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 31 NM SE
- AGE
- 22m ago
KCJR
MVFR
Culpeper Regional Airport · Culpeper
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 4.0 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 31 NM N
- AGE
- 21m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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