// Station · 21m ago

KRIC

Richmond International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27.2°C / 13.3°C

ALTIM 30.08 inHg

ELEV 167 FT

37.5052°N / 77.3197°W

LOCATION · Richmond, US

WIND

290°6 kt

KRIC · 167 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT045

T / Td

27 / 13

ALTIM

30.08"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 290°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered 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 KRIC 251754Z 29006KT 10SM SCT045 27/13 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP189 T02720133 10272 20189 56011

KRIC · day 25 at 17:54 UTC · wind from 290° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 4,500 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 6 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

290°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

34★ HDG 340° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,003'

02 HDG 020° H0 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

20 HDG 200° H0 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

16 HDG 160° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,167 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 +12°C

1,500FT

+1,333 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV167 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT5 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K0VG (Lee County Airport, Jonesville, elev 1,411 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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)

SCT045

Scattered · base 4,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,904 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:35ZSUNRISE

17:12ZSOLAR NOON

23:50ZSUNSET

00:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 35m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:17Z (6h 02m) DAY LENGTH13h 15m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:41Z MOONSET09:57Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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