// Station · 21m ago

KNPA

Naval Air Station Pensacola Forrest Sherman Field

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30.6°C / 25°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 28 FT

30.3527°N / 87.3186°W

LOCATION · Pensacola, US

WIND

VRB3 kt

KNPA · 28 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT030 SCT250

T / Td

31 / 25

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 3,000 ft, and scattered 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 KNPA 251556Z VRB03KT 10SM SCT030 SCT250 31/25 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP172 T03060250 PNO $

KNPA · day 25 at 15:56 UTC · wind variable at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 3,000 ft · scattered layer at 25,000 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.2 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 6 ends

07L HDG 070° —CALM —— 8,001'

25R HDG 250° —CALM —— 8,001'

07R HDG 070° —CALM —— 8,000'

25L HDG 250° —CALM —— 8,000'

01 HDG 010° —CALM —— 7,136'

19 HDG 190° —CALM —— 7,136'

Pattern altitude: 1,028 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

1,800FT

+1,772 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV28 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT-84 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KDZJ (Blairsville Airport, Blairsville, elev 1,911 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-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. 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)

SCT250

Scattered · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT030

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

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL15,483 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:23ZSUNRISE

17:52ZSOLAR NOON

00:22ZSUNSET

00:47ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 04m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:47Z (8h 29m) DAY LENGTH12h 58m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:25Z MOONSET10:24Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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