// Station · 1h 2m ago · STALE

KNFL

Fallon Naval Air Station

CAT VFR

WIND 070° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 6,000 ft

T/Td 10.6°C / -5°C

ALTIM 29.89 inHg

ELEV 3,934 FT

39.4166°N / 118.7010°W

LOCATION · Fallon, US

WIND

070°8 kt

KNFL · 3,934 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

070°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN060

LAYERS

BKN060 OVC070

T / Td

11 / -5

ALTIM

29.89"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Moderate winds at 070°/8 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 6,000 ft, and overcast at 7,000 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 KNFL 130057Z AUTO 07008KT 10SM BKN060 OVC070 11/M05 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP095 T01061050 $

KNFL · day 13 at 00:57 UTC · wind from 070° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 6,000 ft · overcast at 7,000 ft · temp 11°C / dewpoint -5°C · altimeter 29.89" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1009.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 8 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

070°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

07★ HDG 070° H8 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 7,003'

13L HDG 130° H4 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 88%

13R HDG 130° H4 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 88%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

31R HDG 310° T4 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

31L HDG 310° T4 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

25 HDG 250° T8 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 4,934 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 +3°C

4,400FT

+466 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,934 FT OAT+11°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT3,961 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRNO (Reno Tahoe International Airport, Reno, elev 4,415 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+44%

-31%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+31%

-20%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+18%

-13%

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)

OVC070

Overcast · base 7,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN060

Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,288 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

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

14:02ZSUNRISE

19:42ZSOLAR NOON

01:22ZSUNSET

01:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:59Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:49Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 19m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:25Z MOONSET02:44Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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