// Station · 25m ago

KPHL

Philadelphia International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 310° / 10 kt G17

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 13,000 ft

T/Td 25.6°C / 13.9°C

ALTIM 30.04 inHg

ELEV 36 FT

39.8719°N / 75.2411°W

LOCATION · Philadelphia, US

WIND

310°10 kt

KPHL · 36 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/10G17

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN130

LAYERS

SCT045 BKN130 BKN280

T / Td

26 / 14

ALTIM

30.04"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 13,000 ft. Moderate winds at 310°/10 kt, gusting 17, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 4,500 ft, broken at 13,000 ft, and 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 251554Z 31010G17KT 10SM SCT045 BKN130 BKN280 26/14 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP173 T02560139 $

KPHL · day 25 at 15:54 UTC · wind from 310° at 10 kt, gusts to 17 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 4,500 ft · broken layer at 13,000 ft · broken layer at 28,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.04" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 10 ktG17

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID

WIND

310°10G17 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

27R★ HDG 270° H8 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,500'

27L HDG 270° H8 kt X6 kt RIGHT 12,000'

35 HDG 350° H8 kt X6 kt LEFT 6,500'

26 HDG 260° H6 kt X8 kt RIGHT 5,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

08 HDG 080° T6 kt X8 kt LEFT —

09L HDG 090° T8 kt X6 kt LEFT —

09R HDG 090° T8 kt X6 kt LEFT —

17 HDG 170° T8 kt X6 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 +10°C

1,200FT

+1,164 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV36 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT-88 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLBE (Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, Latrobe, elev 1,199 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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN280

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

BKN130

Broken · base 13,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT045

Scattered · base 4,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING13,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER28,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,965 ft VFR MARGIN+10,000 ft

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

10:23ZSUNRISE

17:04ZSOLAR NOON

23:45ZSUNSET

00:13ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 26m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:13Z (7h 54m) DAY LENGTH13h 21m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:26Z MOONSET09:48Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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