// Station · 34m ago

KSAN

San Diego International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28.3°C / 20°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 17 FT

32.7336°N / 117.1900°W

LOCATION · San Diego, US

WIND

300°6 kt

KSAN · 17 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW010 FEW040

T / Td

28 / 20

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 300°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 1,000 ft, and a few at 4,000 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 KSAN 251951Z 30006KT 10SM FEW010 FEW040 28/20 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP139 CB DSNT E T02830200 $

KSAN · day 25 at 19:51 UTC · wind from 300° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 1,000 ft · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

300°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

27★ HDG 270° H5 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,401'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

09 HDG 090° T5 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,017 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 +13°C

1,600FT

+1,583 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV17 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT-6 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAVX (Catalina Airport, Avalon, elev 1,602 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW040

Few · base 4,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW010

Few · base 1,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,310 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:20ZSUNRISE

19:52ZSOLAR NOON

02:24ZSUNSET

02:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:25Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:49Z (6h 24m) DAY LENGTH13h 03m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:31Z MOONSET12:35Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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