// Station · 26m ago

KPVD

Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23.9°C / 13.3°C

ALTIM 29.95 inHg

ELEV 55 FT

41.7250°N / 71.4257°W

LOCATION · Providence/Warwick, US

WIND

300°8 kt

KPVD · 55 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW045

T / Td

24 / 13

ALTIM

29.95"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 300°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 4,500 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 KPVD 251551Z 30008KT 10SM FEW045 24/13 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02390133 $

KPVD · day 25 at 15:51 UTC · wind from 300° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,500 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.95" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

300°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

34★ HDG 340° H6 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,081'

23 HDG 230° H3 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

05 HDG 050° T3 kt X8 kt LEFT —

16 HDG 160° T6 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,055 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 +9°C

1,100FT

+1,045 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV55 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT23 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KORH (Worcester Regional Airport, Worcester, elev 1,009 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+11%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

FEW045

Few · base 4,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,126 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:05ZSUNRISE

16:49ZSOLAR NOON

23:32ZSUNSET

00:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 15m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:01Z (7h 44m) DAY LENGTH13h 27m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:08Z MOONSET09:35Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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