// Station · 10m ago

KRIC

Richmond International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 17.2°C / 16.7°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 167 FT

37.5052°N / 77.3197°W

LOCATION · Richmond, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KRIC · 167 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT300

T / Td

17 / 17

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 30,000 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 130154Z 00000KT 10SM SCT300 17/17 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP149 T01720167

KRIC · day 13 at 01:54 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 30,000 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.9 mb

// 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 4 ends

16 HDG 160° —CALM —— 9,003'

34 HDG 340° —CALM —— 9,003'

02 HDG 020° —CALM —— 6,607'

20 HDG 200° —CALM —— 6,607'

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 +2°C

400FT

+233 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV167 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT126 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KJYO (Leesburg Executive Airport, Leesburg, elev 389 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

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)

SCT300

Scattered · base 30,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER30,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL8,854 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:15ZSUNRISE

16:56ZSOLAR NOON

22:38ZSUNSET

23:04ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:04Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 22m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE12:38Z MOONSET00:01Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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