// Station · 29m ago

KOSU

The Ohio State University Airport - Don Scott Field

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25.6°C / 12.8°C

ALTIM 30.10 inHg

ELEV 905 FT

40.0798°N / 83.0730°W

LOCATION · Columbus, US

WIND

VRB3 kt

KOSU · 905 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW070

T / Td

26 / 13

ALTIM

30.10"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 7,000 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 KOSU 251953Z VRB03KT 10SM FEW070 26/13 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP187 T02560128

KOSU · day 25 at 19:53 UTC · wind variable at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 7,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.10" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.7 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 6 ends

09R HDG 090° —CALM —— 5,004'

27L HDG 270° —CALM —— 5,004'

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 3,562'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 3,562'

09L HDG 090° —CALM —— 2,994'

27R HDG 270° —CALM —— 2,994'

Pattern altitude: 1,905 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

2,200FT

+1,295 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV905 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT722 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K2G9 (Somerset County Airport, Somerset, elev 2,275 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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)

FEW070

Few · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,834 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:54ZSUNRISE

17:35ZSOLAR NOON

00:17ZSUNSET

00:45ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 54m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:45Z (4h 23m) DAY LENGTH13h 22m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:05Z MOONSET10:27Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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