// Station · 24m ago

KSFO

San Francisco International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 14 kt G21

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,400 ft

T/Td 17.8°C / 12.2°C

ALTIM 29.99 inHg

ELEV 13 FT

37.6198°N / 122.3748°W

LOCATION · San Francisco, US

WIND

280°14 kt

KSFO · 13 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/14G21

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN034

LAYERS

FEW015 SCT023 BKN034

T / Td

18 / 12

ALTIM

29.99"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,400 ft. Brisk winds at 280°/14 kt, gusting 21, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 1,500 ft, scattered at 2,300 ft, and broken at 3,400 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 KSFO 162356Z 28014G21KT 10SM FEW015 SCT023 BKN034 18/12 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP155 T01780122 10189 20167 58003

KSFO · day 16 at 23:56 UTC · wind from 280° at 14 kt, gusts to 21 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 1,500 ft · scattered layer at 2,300 ft · broken layer at 3,400 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.99" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 14 ktG21

6 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 4 CAUTION

WIND

280°14G21 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 6 usable

28R★ HDG 280° H14 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 11,870'

28L HDG 280° H14 kt X0 kt — 11,381'

1L HDG 010° H0 kt X14 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 67%

19R HDG 190° H0 kt X14 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 67%

1R HDG 010° H0 kt X14 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 67%

19L HDG 190° H0 kt X14 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 67%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

10L HDG 100° T14 kt X0 kt — —

10R HDG 100° T14 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 +3°C

300FT

+287 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV13 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT-61 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KEMT (San Gabriel Valley Airport, El Monte, elev 296 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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)

BKN034

Broken · base 3,400 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT023

Scattered · base 2,300 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW015

Few · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,400 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,003 ft VFR MARGIN+400 ft

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

13:53ZSUNRISE

20:05ZSOLAR NOON

02:17ZSUNSET

02:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT00:20Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 57m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:44Z (2h 23m) DAY LENGTH12h 24m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION27% MOONRISE18:05Z MOONSET06:29Z FULL MOON IN10 days

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