// Station · 10m ago

KPTB

Dinwiddie County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 340° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28.6°C / 19.7°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 193 FT

37.1838°N / 77.5074°W

LOCATION · Petersburg, US

WIND

340°4 kt

KPTB · 193 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT050

T / Td

29 / 20

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 340°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 5,000 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 KPTB 282255Z AUTO 34004KT 10SM SCT050 29/20 A3001 RMK AO2 T02860197

KPTB · day 28 at 22:55 UTC · wind from 340° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 5,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

340°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 5,002'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 5,002'

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 3,061'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 3,061'

Pattern altitude: 1,193 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 +14°C

1,800FT

+1,607 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV193 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT102 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KVJI (Virginia Highlands Airport, Abingdon, elev 2,087 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-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. 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)

SCT050

Scattered · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,637 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:38ZSUNRISE

17:12ZSOLAR NOON

23:46ZSUNSET

00:13ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING41m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:13Z (1h 07m) DAY LENGTH13h 08m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:21Z MOONSET12:29Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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