// Station · 10m ago

KLKV

Lake County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 16.7°C / 5.6°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 4,733 FT

42.1611°N / 120.3990°W

LOCATION · Lakeview, US

WIND

130°6 kt

KLKV · 4,733 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT047 SCT065

T / Td

17 / 6

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 130°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 4,700 ft, and scattered at 6,500 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 KLKV 302053Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM SCT047 SCT065 17/06 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP204 T01670056 58002

KLKV · day 30 at 20:53 UTC · wind from 130° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 4,700 ft · scattered layer at 6,500 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1020.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

130°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

17★ HDG 170° H5 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,318'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

35 HDG 350° T5 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 5,733 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

5,800FT

+1,067 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV4,733 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT4,500 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KTRK (Truckee Tahoe Airport, Truckee, elev 5,900 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+58%

-41%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+41%

-26%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+23%

-17%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT065

Scattered · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT047

Scattered · base 4,700 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER6,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,167 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:30ZSUNRISE

20:00ZSOLAR NOON

03:30ZSUNSET

04:04ZCIVIL END

CURRENT21:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 27m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:04Z (7h 00m) DAY LENGTH15h 00m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION100% MOONRISE00:00Z MOONSET15:00Z FULL MOON IN1 day

// Nearest reporting stations · 3 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

KAAT

VFR

Alturas Municipal Airport · Alturas

WIND: 240° / 8 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT060
DIST: 41 NM S
AGE: 8m ago

KLMT

VFR

Crater Lake-Klamath Regional Airport · Klamath Falls

WIND: 260° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN060
DIST: 59 NM W
AGE: 10m ago

KSIY

VFR

Siskiyou County Airport · Montague

WIND: 030° / 13 ktG19
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW065
DIST: 95 NM W
AGE: 10m ago

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