// Station · 24m ago

KNKT

Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25.6°C / 21.7°C

ALTIM 30.04 inHg

ELEV 29 FT

34.9009°N / 76.8807°W

LOCATION · Cherry Point, US

WIND

170°5 kt

KNKT · 29 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT040

T / Td

26 / 22

ALTIM

30.04"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 170°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 4,000 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 KNKT 252355Z 17005KT 10SM SCT040 26/22 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP170 T02560217 10306 20256 51006

KNKT · day 25 at 23:55 UTC · wind from 170° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 4,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.04" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 5 kt

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID

WIND

170°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

14L★ HDG 140° H4 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 8,978'

14R HDG 140° H4 kt X2 kt RIGHT 8,397'

23R HDG 230° H3 kt X4 kt LEFT 8,489'

23L HDG 230° H3 kt X4 kt LEFT 8,189'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

05L HDG 050° T2 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

05R HDG 050° T2 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

32R HDG 320° T4 kt X2 kt LEFT —

32L HDG 320° T4 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,029 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 +10°C

1,200FT

+1,171 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV29 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT-95 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KHKY (Hickory Regional Airport, Hickory, elev 1,190 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT040

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

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL12,958 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:36ZSUNRISE

17:11ZSOLAR NOON

23:45ZSUNSET

00:11ZCIVIL END

CURRENT00:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:11Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 09m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE20:55Z MOONSET10:04Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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