// Station · 23m ago

KNTU

Oceana Naval Air Station

CAT VFR

WIND 040° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 27.2°C / 16.7°C

ALTIM 30.05 inHg

ELEV 23 FT

36.8207°N / 76.0335°W

LOCATION · Virginia Beach, US

WIND

040°10 kt

KNTU · 23 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

27 / 17

ALTIM

30.05"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 040°/10 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 KNTU 251556Z 04010KT 10SM CLR 27/17 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP178 T02720167

KNTU · day 25 at 15:56 UTC · wind from 040° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 27°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.05" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 10 kt

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

040°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

05L★ HDG 050° H10 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,000'

05R HDG 050° H10 kt X2 kt LEFT 12,001'

32R HDG 320° H2 kt X10 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

32L HDG 320° H2 kt X10 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

14L HDG 140° T2 kt X10 kt LEFT —

14R HDG 140° T2 kt X10 kt LEFT —

23R HDG 230° T10 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

23L HDG 230° T10 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,023 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 +12°C

1,300FT

+1,277 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV23 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT-110 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSHD (Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport, Weyers Cave, elev 1,201 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL13,760 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:30ZSUNRISE

17:07ZSOLAR NOON

23:44ZSUNSET

00:11ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 25m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:11Z (7h 52m) DAY LENGTH13h 13m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:33Z MOONSET09:47Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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