// Station · 22m ago

KNIP

Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field)

CAT VFR

WIND 100° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 15,000 ft

T/Td 27.8°C / 23.9°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

WX TS

ELEV 21 FT

30.2358°N / 81.6806°W

LOCATION · Jacksonville, US

WIND

100°3 kt

KNIP · 21 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

100°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN150

LAYERS

SCT025 BKN150 BKN250

T / Td

28 / 24

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 15,000 ft. Light winds at 100°/3 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 2,500 ft, broken at 15,000 ft, and broken at 25,000 ft. Reported weather: thunderstorm (TS). Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

Loading TAF forecast narrative…

SOURCES · NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (TAF loading…)

// Want this glance-able on 10 airports? METAR Deck →

// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KNIP 251553Z 10003KT 10SM TS SCT025CB BKN150 BKN250 28/24 A3006 RMK AO2 RAB14E45 TSB17E18B52 SLP173 FRQ LTGICCG OHD TS OHD MOV E T1 SET P0011 T02780239 $

KNIP · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 100° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 2,500 ft · broken layer at 15,000 ft · broken layer at 25,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg · weather: thunderstorm (TS) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 100° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

100°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

10 HDG 100° —CALM —— 9,003'

28 HDG 280° —CALM —— 9,003'

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 5,978'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 5,978'

Pattern altitude: 1,021 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 +13°C

1,400FT

+1,379 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV21 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT-121 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAJR (Habersham County Airport, Cornelia, elev 1,448 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-4%

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)

BKN250

Broken · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN150

Broken · base 15,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT025

Scattered · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING15,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL14,061 ft VFR MARGIN+12,000 ft

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

11:01ZSUNRISE

17:30ZSOLAR NOON

23:59ZSUNSET

00:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 44m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:24Z (8h 08m) DAY LENGTH12h 58m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:03Z MOONSET10:02Z FULL MOON IN2 days

// Nearest reporting stations

Loading nearest reporting stations…

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

AIRSPACE

// Want this on your Stream Deck? METAR Deck shows real-time category and conditions for any 10 airports — built by the team that ships this page.

Get METAR Deck →