// Station · 8m ago
KPVF
Placerville Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 34°C / 8°C
ALTIM 30.07 inHg
ELEV 2,585 FT
38.7242°N / 120.7530°W
LOCATION · Placerville, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KPVF · 2,585 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 22Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
34 / 8
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 KPVF 142255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 34/08 A3007 RMK AO1
KPVF · day 14 at 22:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 34°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 30.07" Hg · automated station (no precipitation discriminator)
// 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
05
HDG 050°
—CALM
——
3,914'
23
HDG 230°
—CALM
——
3,914'
Pattern altitude: 3,585 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 +24°C
5,300FT
+2,715 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +700 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV2,585 FT
OAT+34°C
ISA DELTA+24°C
PRESSURE ALT2,432 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KBLU
(Blue Canyon Nyack Airport, Emigrant Gap, elev 5,284 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+53%
-37%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+37%
-24%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+21%
-16%
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-8)
12:50ZSUNRISE
20:09ZSOLAR NOON
03:29ZSUNSET
04:00ZCIVIL END
CURRENT23:03Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 25m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:00Z (4h 56m)
DAY LENGTH14h 38m
New Moon
ILLUMINATION0%
MOONRISE12:59Z
MOONSET03:37Z
FULL MOON IN15 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KO61
VFR
Cameron Airpark · Cameron Park
- WIND
- 300° / 7 kt
- VIS
- 7.0 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 11 NM W
- AGE
- 8m ago
KAUN
VFR
Auburn Municipal Airport · Auburn
- WIND
- 280° / 8 ktG14
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 21 NM NW
- AGE
- 8m ago
KMHR
VFR
Sacramento Mather Airport · Sacramento
- WIND
- 310° / 9 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 28 NM W
- AGE
- 8m ago
KLHM
VFR
Lincoln Regional Karl Harder Field · Lincoln
- WIND
- 290° / 8 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 30 NM W
- AGE
- 8m ago
KMCC
VFR
McClellan Airfield · Sacramento
- WIND
- 280° / 7 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 31 NM W
- AGE
- 13m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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