// Station · 1h 0m ago · STALE

KSBA

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 18.3°C / 8.3°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 13 FT

34.4262°N / 119.8400°W

LOCATION · Santa Barbara, US

WIND

270°8 kt

KSBA · 13 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

18 / 8

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 270°/8 kt. 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 KSBA 130053Z 27008KT 10SM CLR 18/08 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP118 T01830083 $

KSBA · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 270° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 18°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 8 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

270°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

25★ HDG 250° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,037'

33R HDG 330° H4 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 88%

33L HDG 330° H4 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 88%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

15L HDG 150° T4 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

15R HDG 150° T4 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

07 HDG 070° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,013 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 +3°C

500FT

+487 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV13 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT52 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRDD (Redding Municipal Airport, Redding, elev 505 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+5%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-2%

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL9,255 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

14:03ZSUNRISE

19:46ZSOLAR NOON

01:30ZSUNSET

01:55ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:53Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:55Z (2m) DAY LENGTH11h 26m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:26Z MOONSET02:53Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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