// Station · 18m ago

KMDT

Harrisburg International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 14 kt G18

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,500 ft

T/Td 25.6°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 310 FT

40.1928°N / 76.7623°W

LOCATION · Harrisburg, US

WIND

290°14 kt

KMDT · 310 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/14G18

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN075

LAYERS

FEW040 SCT050 BKN075

T / Td

26 / 15

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,500 ft. Brisk winds at 290°/14 kt, gusting 18, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 4,000 ft, scattered at 5,000 ft, and broken at 7,500 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 KMDT 251756Z 29014G18KT 10SM FEW040 SCT050 BKN075 26/15 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02560150 10261 20189 56011

KMDT · day 25 at 17:56 UTC · wind from 290° at 14 kt, gusts to 18 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · scattered layer at 5,000 ft · broken layer at 7,500 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 14 ktG18

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

290°14G18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

31★ HDG 310° H13 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

13 HDG 130° T13 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,310 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

1,500FT

+1,190 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV310 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT198 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAOO (Altoona Blair County Airport, Altoona, elev 1,503 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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. 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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN075

Broken · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT050

Scattered · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW040

Few · base 4,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL13,239 ft VFR MARGIN+4,500 ft

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

10:29ZSUNRISE

17:10ZSOLAR NOON

23:52ZSUNSET

00:20ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:14Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 37m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:20Z (6h 06m) DAY LENGTH13h 22m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:35Z MOONSET09:58Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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