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// Station · 7m ago

KPLU

Pierce County-Thun Field
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING OVC at 6,000 ft
T/Td 20°C / 9°C
ALTIM 29.99 inHg
ELEV 538 FT
47.1039°N / 122.2870°W
LOCATION · Puyallup, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
KPLU · 538 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 03Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
OVC060
 
 
 
LAYERS
OVC060
 
 
 
T / Td
20 / 9
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.99"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 6,000 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 KPLU 290315Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC060 20/09 A2999 RMK AO2

KPLU · day 29 at 03:15 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 6,000 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.99" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
17 HDG 170° CALM 3,651'
35 HDG 350° CALM 3,651'
Pattern altitude: 1,538 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 +6°C

1,200FT
+662 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV538 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT464 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KALW (Walla Walla Regional Airport, Walla Walla, elev 1,194 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 10,639 FT OVC060 · CEILING KPLU ELEV · 538 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
OVC060
Overcast · base 6,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas
// Computed
CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL10,639 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

13:24ZSUNRISE
20:11ZSOLAR NOON
02:59ZSUNSET
03:31ZCIVIL END
CURRENT03:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:31Z (8m) DAY LENGTH13h 34m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE02:15Z MOONSET15:50Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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