// Station · 22m ago

KMAE

Madera Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 310° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30.6°C / 15.6°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 255 FT

36.9886°N / 120.1120°W

LOCATION · Madera, US

WIND

310°10 kt

KMAE · 255 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW150

T / Td

31 / 16

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 310°/10 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 15,000 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 KMAE 290055Z AUTO 31010KT 10SM FEW150 31/16 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP124 T03060156 FZRANO $

KMAE · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 310° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 15,000 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

310°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

30★ HDG 300° H10 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,545'

25 HDG 250° H5 kt X9 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 90%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

07 HDG 070° T5 kt X9 kt LEFT —

12 HDG 120° T10 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,255 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 +16°C

2,200FT

+1,945 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV255 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT261 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBNG (Banning Municipal Airport, Banning, elev 2,219 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW150

Few · base 15,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER15,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,710 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:29ZSUNRISE

20:03ZSOLAR NOON

02:36ZSUNSET

03:03ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 19m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:03Z (1h 45m) DAY LENGTH13h 07m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE02:16Z MOONSET15:23Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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