// Station · 21m ago

KMPV

Edward F Knapp State Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 310° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21.1°C / 12.8°C

ALTIM 29.99 inHg

ELEV 1,166 FT

44.2035°N / 72.5623°W

LOCATION · Barre/Montpelier, US

WIND

310°8 kt

KMPV · 1,166 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW034

T / Td

21 / 13

ALTIM

29.99"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 310°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 3,400 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 KMPV 251751Z AUTO 31008KT 10SM FEW034 21/13 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP153 60000 T02110128 10217 20150 58005

KMPV · day 25 at 17:51 UTC · wind from 310° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 3,400 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.99" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

310°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

35★ HDG 350° H6 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,000'

23 HDG 230° H1 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

05 HDG 050° T1 kt X8 kt LEFT —

17 HDG 170° T6 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,166 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

2,100FT

+934 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,166 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT1,092 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KELZ (Wellsville Municipal Airport - Tarantine Field, Wellsville, elev 2,124 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

FEW034

Few · base 3,400 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL11,823 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:06ZSUNRISE

16:53ZSOLAR NOON

23:41ZSUNSET

00:11ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 29m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:11Z (5h 59m) DAY LENGTH13h 34m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:12Z MOONSET09:47Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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