// Station · 19m ago

KSBA

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 23.9°C / 18.3°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 13 FT

34.4262°N / 119.8400°W

LOCATION · Santa Barbara, US

WIND

150°6 kt

KSBA · 13 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

24 / 18

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 150°/6 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 251753Z 15006KT 10SM CLR 24/18 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02390183 10239 20183 51009 $

KSBA · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 150° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 6 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

150°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

15L★ HDG 150° H6 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 4,190'

15R HDG 150° H6 kt X0 kt — 4,190'

07 HDG 070° H1 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

25 HDG 250° T1 kt X6 kt LEFT —

33R HDG 330° T6 kt X0 kt — —

33L HDG 330° T6 kt X0 kt — —

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 +9°C

1,000FT

+987 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV13 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT-40 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KWHP (Whiteman Airport, Pacoima, elev 1,003 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+10%

-7%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+7%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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 LEVEL12,084 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:29ZSUNRISE

20:02ZSOLAR NOON

02:36ZSUNSET

03:02ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 24m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:02Z (8h 50m) DAY LENGTH13h 07m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:35Z MOONSET12:43Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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