// Station · 35m ago

KPTV

Porterville Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 9,000 ft

T/Td 13.9°C / 6.1°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 442 FT

36.0296°N / 119.0630°W

LOCATION · Porterville, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KPTV · 442 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 05Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC090

LAYERS

FEW070 OVC090

T / Td

14 / 6

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 9,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 7,000 ft, and overcast at 9,000 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 KPTV 130556Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW070 OVC090 14/06 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP145 T01390061 10211 20133 53017 $

KPTV · day 13 at 05:56 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 7,000 ft · overcast at 9,000 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.5 mb

// 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

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 5,960'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 5,960'

Pattern altitude: 1,442 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 +0°C

400FT

-42 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV442 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT401 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLVK (Livermore Municipal Airport, Livermore, elev 400 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC090

Overcast · base 9,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

FEW070

Few · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING9,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL7,462 ft VFR MARGIN+6,000 ft

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

14:01ZSUNRISE

19:43ZSOLAR NOON

01:26ZSUNSET

01:51ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:31Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:51Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 24m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE15:33Z MOONSET02:58Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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