// Station · 9m ago
KMRN
Foothills Regional Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 29.6°C / 17.8°C
ALTIM 30.15 inHg
ELEV 1,270 FT
35.8202°N / 81.6114°W
LOCATION · Morganton, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KMRN · 1,270 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 22Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
30 / 18
ALTIM
30.15"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR KMRN 142255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/18 A3015 RMK AO2 T02960178
KMRN · day 14 at 22:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 30°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator
// 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
2 ends
03
HDG 030°
—CALM
——
5,500'
21
HDG 210°
—CALM
——
5,500'
Pattern altitude: 2,270 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 +17°C
3,000FT
+1,730 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +700 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV1,270 FT
OAT+30°C
ISA DELTA+17°C
PRESSURE ALT1,037 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at K24A
(Jackson County Airport, Sylva, elev 2,857 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+30%
-21%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+21%
-14%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+12%
-9%
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 · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)
10:22ZSUNRISE
17:33ZSOLAR NOON
00:44ZSUNSET
01:14ZCIVIL END
CURRENT23:04Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 40m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:14Z (2h 09m)
DAY LENGTH14h 22m
New Moon
ILLUMINATION0%
MOONRISE10:30Z
MOONSET00:52Z
FULL MOON IN15 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KHKY
VFR
→
MVFR
09Z
Hickory Regional Airport · Hickory
- WIND
- 110° / 5 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 12 NM SE
- AGE
- 11m ago
KFQD
VFR
Rutherford County Marchman Field · Rutherfordton
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT065
- DIST
- 28 NM SW
- AGE
- 9m ago
KSVH
VFR
Statesville Regional Airport · Statesville
- WIND
- 030° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 32 NM E
- AGE
- 29m ago
KEHO
VFR
Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport · Shelby
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT055
- DIST
- 34 NM S
- AGE
- 9m ago
KUKF
VFR
Wilkes County Airport · North Wilkesboro
- WIND
- 090° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 35 NM NE
- AGE
- 29m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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