// Station · 17m ago
KPLR
St Clair County Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 24°C / 24°C
ALTIM 30.07 inHg
ELEV 485 FT
33.5588°N / 86.2491°W
LOCATION · Pell City, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KPLR · 485 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 23Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
24 / 24
ALTIM
30.07"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. 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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METAR KPLR 142335Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A3007 RMK A01
KPLR · day 14 at 23:35 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.07" Hg
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
2 ends
03
HDG 030°
—CALM
——
5,001'
21
HDG 210°
—CALM
——
5,001'
Pattern altitude: 1,485 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
1,500FT
+1,015 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -200 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV485 FT
OAT+24°C
ISA DELTA+10°C
PRESSURE ALT332 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at K8A0
(Albertville Regional Airport/Thomas J Brumlik Field, Albertville, elev 1,032 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+15%
-11%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+11%
-7%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+6%
-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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)
10:46ZSUNRISE
17:51ZSOLAR NOON
00:57ZSUNSET
01:25ZCIVIL END
CURRENT23:52Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 05m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:25Z (1h 33m)
DAY LENGTH14h 11m
New Moon
ILLUMINATION0%
MOONRISE10:56Z
MOONSET01:07Z
FULL MOON IN15 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KALX
VFR
Thomas C Russell Field · Alexander City
- WIND
- 180° / 1 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 41 NM S
- AGE
- 17m ago
K8A1
MVFR
Guntersville Municipal Joe Starnes Field · Guntersville
- WIND
- 060° / 10 kt
- VIS
- 5.0 SM
- CEILING
- BKN038
- DIST
- 51 NM N
- AGE
- 17m ago
KCMD
VFR
Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom Field · Cullman
- WIND
- 140° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- OVC095
- DIST
- 52 NM NW
- AGE
- 17m ago
KCTJ
MVFR
West Georgia Regional Airport / O V Gray Field · Carrollton
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 5.0 SM
- CEILING
- BKN100
- DIST
- 55 NM E
- AGE
- 17m ago
KJFX
MVFR
Walker County Airport Bevill Field · Jasper
- WIND
- 120° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 5.0 SM
- CEILING
- FEW016
- DIST
- 57 NM W
- AGE
- 17m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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