// Station · 21m ago

KNIP

Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field)

CAT VFR

WIND 260° / 7 kt G15

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30.6°C / 21.7°C

ALTIM 30.16 inHg

ELEV 21 FT

30.2358°N / 81.6806°W

LOCATION · Jacksonville, US

WIND

260°7 kt

KNIP · 21 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/7G15

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW250

T / Td

31 / 22

ALTIM

30.16"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 260°/7 kt, gusting 15. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 25,000 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 KNIP 111353Z 26007G15KT 10SM FEW250 31/22 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP210 T03060217 $

KNIP · day 11 at 13:53 UTC · wind from 260° at 7 kt, gusts to 15 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 25,000 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.16" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1021.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 7 ktG15

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

260°7G15 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

28★ HDG 280° H7 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,003'

32 HDG 320° H4 kt X6 kt LEFT 5,978'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

14 HDG 140° T3 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

10 HDG 100° T7 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

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 +15°C

1,600FT

+1,579 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV21 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT-221 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KJZP (Pickens County Airport, Jasper, elev 1,535 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW250

Few · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,476 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:34ZSUNRISE

17:33ZSOLAR NOON

00:32ZSUNSET

00:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:14Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 17m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:59Z (10h 44m) DAY LENGTH13h 58m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE07:58Z MOONSET21:56Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

KHEG

VFR

Herlong Airport · Jacksonville

WIND: 240° / 7 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 7 NM W
AGE: 19m ago

KVQQ

VFR

Cecil Airport · Jacksonville

WIND: 260° / 9 ktG15
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 10 NM W
AGE: 24m ago

KCRG

VFR

Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport · Jacksonville

WIND: 250° / 9 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 11 NM NE
AGE: 21m ago

KNEN

VFR

Whitehouse Naval Outlying Field · Jacksonville

WIND: 250° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 12 NM NW
AGE: 21m ago

KJAX

VFR

Jacksonville International Airport · Jacksonville

WIND: 260° / 8 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN250
DIST: 15 NM N
AGE: 18m ago

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