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// Station · 57m ago

KSBA

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 320° / 4 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 11.1°C / 7.2°C
ALTIM 29.77 inHg
ELEV 13 FT
34.4262°N / 119.8400°W
LOCATION · Santa Barbara, US
N
WIND
320°4 kt
KSBA · 13 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 09Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
320°/4
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
 
 
 
T / Td
11 / 7
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.77"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 320°/4 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 270953Z AUTO 32004KT 10SM CLR 11/07 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP081 T01110072 $

KSBA · day 27 at 09:53 UTC · wind from 320° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 11°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 29.77" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1008.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 4 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
320°4 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 6 ends
07 HDG 070° CALM 6,037'
25 HDG 250° CALM 6,037'
15L HDG 150° CALM 4,190'
33R HDG 330° CALM 4,190'
15R HDG 150° CALM 4,190'
33L HDG 330° CALM 4,190'
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 -4°C

-300FT
-313 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +100 FT
1,000 200 -600
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV13 FT OAT+11°C ISA DELTA-4°C PRESSURE ALT161 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KTRM (Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport, Palm Springs, elev -115 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+0%
-0%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+0%
-0%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+0%
-0%

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.

// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 5,619 FT KSBA ELEV · 13 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL5,619 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:51ZSUNRISE
19:57ZSOLAR NOON
03:04ZSUNSET
03:33ZCIVIL END
CURRENT10:50Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 14m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:33Z (16h 42m) DAY LENGTH14h 13m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE21:34Z MOONSET11:47Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

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