// Station · 12m ago

KNCA

MCAS New River / McCutcheon Field

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 3 kt

VIS 7.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 31.1°C / 23.9°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 26 FT

34.7084°N / 77.4397°W

LOCATION · Jacksonville, US

WIND

VRB3 kt

KNCA · 26 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/3

VIS

7.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW060 SCT200

T / Td

31 / 24

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/3 kt. Visibility 7.0 SM and a few at 6,000 ft, and scattered at 20,000 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

SPECI KNCA 251607Z VRB03KT 7SM FEW060 SCT200 31/24 A3006 RMK AO2 T03110239 $

KNCA · day 25 at 16:07 UTC · wind variable at 3 kt · visibility 7.0 SM · a few clouds at 6,000 ft · scattered layer at 20,000 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 5,125'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 5,125'

01 HDG 010° —CALM —— 4,789'

19 HDG 190° —CALM —— 4,789'

Pattern altitude: 1,026 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

1,800FT

+1,774 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV26 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT-116 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRHP (Western Carolina Regional Airport, Andrews, elev 1,697 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

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. 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT200

Scattered · base 20,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW060

Few · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER20,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL15,733 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:39ZSUNRISE

17:13ZSOLAR NOON

23:47ZSUNSET

00:13ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 28m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:13Z (7h 54m) DAY LENGTH13h 08m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:41Z MOONSET09:50Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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