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KSCH

Schenectady County Airport
CAT MVFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING OVC at 2,300 ft
T/Td 18°C / 14°C
ALTIM 29.97 inHg
ELEV 378 FT
42.8525°N / 73.9289°W
LOCATION · Schenectady, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
KSCH · 378 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 11Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
OVC023
 
 
 
LAYERS
OVC023
 
 
 
T / Td
18 / 14
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.97"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,300 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 2,300 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 251156Z 00000KT 10SM OVC023 18/14 A2997

KSCH · day 25 at 11:56 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 2,300 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends
04 HDG 040° CALM 7,001'
22 HDG 220° CALM 7,001'
10 HDG 100° CALM 4,850'
28 HDG 280° CALM 4,850'
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 +4°C

800FT
+422 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV378 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT325 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMAL (Malone Dufort Airport, Malone, elev 790 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+8%
-6%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+6%
-4%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+3%
-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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 9,469 FT OVC023 · CEILING KSCH ELEV · 378 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
OVC023
Overcast · base 2,300 ft AGL · 8 oktas
// Computed
CEILING2,300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,469 ft VFR MARGIN-700 ft

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

10:14ZSUNRISE
16:59ZSOLAR NOON
23:44ZSUNSET
00:14ZCIVIL END
CURRENT17:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 40m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:14Z (7h 10m) DAY LENGTH13h 30m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:18Z MOONSET09:48Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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