// Station · 21m ago

KRDG

Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field)

CAT VFR

WIND 320° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 6,500 ft

T/Td 23.9°C / 14.4°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 344 FT

40.3785°N / 75.9652°W

LOCATION · Reading, US

WIND

320°10 kt

KRDG · 344 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN065

LAYERS

FEW048 BKN065

T / Td

24 / 14

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,500 ft. Moderate winds at 320°/10 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 4,800 ft, and broken at 6,500 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 KRDG 251754Z 32010KT 10SM FEW048 BKN065 24/14 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP171 T02390144 10244 20178 56010

KRDG · day 25 at 17:54 UTC · wind from 320° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,800 ft · broken layer at 6,500 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

320°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

31★ HDG 310° H10 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,350'

36 HDG 360° H8 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 60%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

18 HDG 180° T8 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

13 HDG 130° T10 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,344 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

1,400FT

+1,056 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV344 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT232 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGKJ (Port Meadville Airport, Meadville, elev 1,399 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-4%

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)

BKN065

Broken · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW048

Few · base 4,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL12,415 ft VFR MARGIN+3,500 ft

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

10:25ZSUNRISE

17:07ZSOLAR NOON

23:49ZSUNSET

00:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 33m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:17Z (6h 01m) DAY LENGTH13h 23m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:32Z MOONSET09:55Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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