// Station · 9m ago

KSFB

Orlando Sanford International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 040° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 10,000 ft

T/Td 26.7°C / 24.4°C

ALTIM 30.05 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 55 FT

28.7743°N / 81.2346°W

LOCATION · Orlando, US

WIND

040°3 kt

KSFB · 55 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN100

LAYERS

FEW055 BKN100 OVC120

T / Td

27 / 24

ALTIM

30.05"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Light winds at 040°/3 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 5,500 ft, broken at 10,000 ft, and overcast at 12,000 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-RA). 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 KSFB 251653Z 04003KT 10SM -RA FEW055 BKN100 OVC120 27/24 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N RAB14 TSE41 SLP176 P0007 T02670244

KSFB · day 25 at 16:53 UTC · wind from 040° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 5,500 ft · broken layer at 10,000 ft · overcast at 12,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.05" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

040°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 8 ends

09L HDG 090° —CALM —— 11,002'

27R HDG 270° —CALM —— 11,002'

18 HDG 180° —CALM —— 6,002'

36 HDG 360° —CALM —— 6,002'

09R HDG 090° —CALM —— 5,839'

27L HDG 270° —CALM —— 5,839'

09C HDG 090° —CALM —— 3,578'

27C HDG 270° —CALM —— 3,578'

Pattern altitude: 1,055 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 +12°C

1,300FT

+1,245 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV55 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT-78 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KPUJ (Silver Comet Field at Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport, Dallas, elev 1,289 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC120

Overcast · base 12,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN100

Broken · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW055

Few · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL13,540 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

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

11:00ZSUNRISE

17:28ZSOLAR NOON

23:56ZSUNSET

00:20ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 54m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:20Z (7h 18m) DAY LENGTH12h 55m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:04Z MOONSET10:00Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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