// Station · 36m ago

KPHL

Philadelphia International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 230° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 28,000 ft

T/Td 18.3°C / 14.4°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

ELEV 36 FT

39.8719°N / 75.2411°W

LOCATION · Philadelphia, US

WIND

230°5 kt

KPHL · 36 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

230°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN280

LAYERS

BKN280

T / Td

18 / 14

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 28,000 ft. Light winds at 230°/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 28,000 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 KPHL 130154Z 23005KT 10SM BKN280 18/14 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP125 T01830144 $

KPHL · day 13 at 01:54 UTC · wind from 230° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 28,000 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 230° @ 5 kt

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID

WIND

230°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

26★ HDG 260° H4 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,001'

27R HDG 270° H4 kt X3 kt LEFT 9,500'

27L HDG 270° H4 kt X3 kt LEFT 12,000'

17 HDG 170° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT 6,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

35 HDG 350° T2 kt X4 kt LEFT —

08 HDG 080° T4 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

09L HDG 090° T4 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

09R HDG 090° T4 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,036 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 +3°C

500FT

+464 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV36 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT54 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KTHV (York Airport, Thomasville, elev 495 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+5%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-2%

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)

BKN280

Broken · base 28,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING28,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER28,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL9,278 ft VFR MARGIN+25,000 ft

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

11:09ZSUNRISE

16:48ZSOLAR NOON

22:28ZSUNSET

22:55ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:55Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 18m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE12:33Z MOONSET23:51Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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