// Station · 30m ago

KSDL

Scottsdale Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 030° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 19.4°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

ELEV 1,510 FT

33.6229°N / 111.9110°W

LOCATION · Scottsdale, US

WIND

030°5 kt

KSDL · 1,510 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 03Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

030°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW055 FEW100

T / Td

19 / 15

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 030°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 5,500 ft, and a few at 10,000 ft. 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 KSDL 130353Z AUTO 03005KT 10SM FEW055 FEW100 19/15 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP110 T01940150

KSDL · day 13 at 03:53 UTC · wind from 030° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 5,500 ft · a few clouds at 10,000 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 030° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

030°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

03★ HDG 030° H5 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 8,249'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

21 HDG 210° T5 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 2,510 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 +7°C

2,400FT

+890 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,510 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT1,528 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRYN (Ryan Field, Tucson, elev 2,417 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+24%

-17%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+17%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-7%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW100

Few · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW055

Few · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL11,308 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

13:31ZSUNRISE

19:15ZSOLAR NOON

00:59ZSUNSET

01:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT04:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:24Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 28m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE14:58Z MOONSET02:27Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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