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// Station · 22m ago

KPVF

Placerville Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 25°C / 14°C
ALTIM 30.06 inHg
ELEV 2,585 FT
38.7242°N / 120.7530°W
LOCATION · Placerville, US
N
WIND
calm
KPVF · 2,585 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
 
 
 
T / Td
25 / 14
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.06"
 
 
 

// 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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KPVF 290055Z AUTO 10SM CLR 25/14 A3006 RMK AO1

KPVF · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 25°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg · automated station (no precipitation discriminator)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
CALMcalm
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 +15°C

4,200FT
+1,615 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV2,585 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT2,443 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSVE (Susanville Municipal Airport, Susanville, elev 4,149 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+42%
-29%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+29%
-19%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+17%
-13%

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 · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 15,211 FT KPVF ELEV · 2,585 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL15,211 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:30ZSUNRISE
20:05ZSOLAR NOON
02:41ZSUNSET
03:08ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 23m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:08Z (1h 51m) DAY LENGTH13h 11m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE02:17Z MOONSET15:28Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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