// Station · 1h 1m ago · STALE

KLNS

Lancaster Airport

CAT IFR

WIND CALM

VIS 4.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 800 ft

T/Td 18.9°C / 18.3°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 403 FT

40.1217°N / 76.2961°W

LOCATION · Lancaster, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KLNS · 403 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 10Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

4.0 SM

CEILING

OVC008

LAYERS

OVC008

T / Td

19 / 18

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — ceiling 800 ft. Winds calm, visibility 4.0 SM, overcast at 800 ft. Reported weather: BR. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KLNS 271053Z 00000KT 4SM BR OVC008 19/18 A2996 RMK AO2 RAE35 SLP142 P0000 T01890183

KLNS · day 27 at 10:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 4.0 SM · overcast at 800 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · weather: BR · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.2 mb

// 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 4 ends

08 HDG 080° —CALM —— 6,933'

26 HDG 260° —CALM —— 6,933'

13 HDG 130° —CALM —— 4,102'

31 HDG 310° —CALM —— 4,102'

Pattern altitude: 1,403 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 +5°C

900FT

+497 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

FIELD ELEV403 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT362 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAVP (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, elev 962 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+9%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

OVC008

Overcast · base 800 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,948 ft VFR MARGIN-2,200 ft

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

09:42ZSUNRISE

17:03ZSOLAR NOON

00:25ZSUNSET

00:57ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:54Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 31m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:57Z (13h 02m) DAY LENGTH14h 43m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE18:26Z MOONSET09:10Z FULL MOON IN4 days

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

KRDG

MVFR → VFR 12Z

Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field) · Reading

WIND: 210° / 5 kt
VIS: 8.0 SM
CEILING: BKN018
DIST: 22 NM NE
AGE: 35m ago

KMDT

VFR

Harrisburg International Airport · Harrisburg

WIND: CALM
VIS: 8.0 SM
CEILING: BKN080
DIST: 22 NM W
AGE: 58m ago

KMUI

VFR

Muir Army Air Field (Fort Indiantown Gap) Airport · Fort Indiantown Gap(Annville)

WIND: CALM
VIS: 6.0 SM
CEILING: BKN050
DIST: 23 NM NW
AGE: 59m ago

KAPG

LIFR

Phillips Army Air Field · Aberdeen

WIND: CALM
VIS: 0.50 SM
CEILING: —
DIST: 40 NM S
AGE: 1h 0m ago

KILG

LIFR → IFR 12Z

Wilmington Airport · Wilmington

WIND: 210° / 3 kt
VIS: 7.0 SM
CEILING: BKN004
DIST: 41 NM SE
AGE: 3m ago

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