// Station · 57m ago

KLYH

Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field

CAT LIFR

WIND 200° / 4 kt

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 200 ft

T/Td 21.1°C / 21.1°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 938 FT

37.3267°N / 79.2004°W

LOCATION · Lynchburg, US

WIND

200°4 kt

KLYH · 938 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 08Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/4

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

OVC002

LAYERS

OVC002

T / Td

21 / 21

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 200 ft. Light winds at 200°/4 kt, visibility 5.0 SM, overcast at 200 ft. Reported weather: BR. Reported weather: BR. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KLYH 270854Z AUTO 20004KT 5SM BR OVC002 21/21 A3002 RMK AO2 RAE0756B15E27 SLP157 P0000 60000 T02110211 58005

KLYH · day 27 at 08:54 UTC · wind from 200° at 4 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · overcast at 200 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · weather: BR · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.7 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 4 ends

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 7,100'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 7,100'

17 HDG 170° —CALM —— 3,386'

35 HDG 350° —CALM —— 3,386'

Pattern altitude: 1,938 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

1,800FT

+862 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV938 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT835 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KDUJ (DuBois Regional Airport, Dubois, elev 1,817 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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)

OVC002

Overcast · base 200 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,595 ft VFR MARGIN-2,800 ft

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

10:01ZSUNRISE

17:15ZSOLAR NOON

00:29ZSUNSET

00:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:51Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 37m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:59Z (15h 08m) DAY LENGTH14h 27m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE18:42Z MOONSET09:10Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

KROA

LIFR → MVFR 11Z

Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport · Roanoke

WIND: 230° / 3 kt
VIS: 3.0 SM
CEILING: BKN001
DIST: 37 NM W
AGE: 11m ago

KDAN

VFR

Danville Regional Airport · Danville

WIND: 220° / 5 kt
VIS: 9.0 SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 46 NM S
AGE: 58m ago

KW63

VFR

Lake Country Regional Airport · Clarksville

WIND: 210° / 3 kt
VIS: 7.0 SM
CEILING: BKN100
DIST: 54 NM SE
AGE: 16m ago

KSHD

VFR

Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport · Weyers Cave

WIND: 190° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT100
DIST: 58 NM N
AGE: 16m ago

KCHO

IFR → LIFR 12Z

Charlottesville Albemarle Airport · Charlottesville

WIND: 190° / 4 kt
VIS: 2.0 SM
CEILING: BKN005
DIST: 60 NM NE
AGE: 3m ago

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