// Station · 30m ago

KNJK

El Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field)

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 43.9°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

ELEV -42 FT

32.8292°N / 115.6720°W

LOCATION · El Centro, US

WIND

VRB3 kt

KNJK · -42 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW080 FEW250

T / Td

44 / 15

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 8,000 ft, 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 KNJK 251956Z VRB03KT 10SM FEW080 FEW250 44/15 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP107 LTG DSNT SW CB DSNT SW T04390150 $

KNJK · day 25 at 19:56 UTC · wind variable at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 8,000 ft · a few clouds at 25,000 ft · temp 44°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1010.7 mb

// 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

08 HDG 080° —CALM —— 9,503'

26 HDG 260° —CALM —— 9,503'

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 6,825'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 6,825'

Pattern altitude: 958 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 +29°C

3,600FT

+3,642 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV-42 FT OAT+44°C ISA DELTA+29°C PRESSURE ALT76 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KO26 (Lone Pine/Death Valley Airport, Lone Pine, elev 3,680 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+36%

-25%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+25%

-16%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+14%

-11%

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)

FEW250

Few · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW080

Few · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL22,130 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:14ZSUNRISE

19:46ZSOLAR NOON

02:18ZSUNSET

02:43ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:26Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 52m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:43Z (6h 17m) DAY LENGTH13h 04m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:25Z MOONSET12:29Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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