// Station · 14m ago

KSCH

Schenectady County Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 280° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 2,700 ft

T/Td 16°C / 14°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 378 FT

42.8525°N / 73.9289°W

LOCATION · Schenectady, US

WIND

280°8 kt

KSCH · 378 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC027

LAYERS

OVC027

T / Td

16 / 14

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,700 ft. Moderate winds at 280°/8 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 2,700 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KSCH 130054Z 28008KT 10SM OVC027 16/14 A2988

KSCH · day 13 at 00:54 UTC · wind from 280° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 2,700 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

280°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

28★ HDG 280° H8 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 4,850'

22 HDG 220° H4 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 88%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

04 HDG 040° T4 kt X7 kt LEFT —

10 HDG 100° T8 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,378 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

600FT

+222 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV378 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT417 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KIAG (Niagara Falls International Airport, Niagara Falls, elev 589 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+6%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-3%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC027

Overcast · base 2,700 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,700 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL8,459 ft VFR MARGIN-300 ft

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

11:06ZSUNRISE

16:43ZSOLAR NOON

22:20ZSUNSET

22:48ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:48Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 13m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE12:27Z MOONSET23:41Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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