// Station · 5m ago
KSHD
Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 24.6°C / 20.3°C
ALTIM 30.05 inHg
ELEV 1,201 FT
38.2638°N / 78.8964°W
LOCATION · Weyers Cave, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KSHD · 1,201 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 13Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
25 / 20
ALTIM
30.05"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR KSHD 111355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/20 A3005 RMK AO2 T02460203
KSHD · day 11 at 13:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 25°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 30.05" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
2 ends
05
HDG 050°
—CALM
——
6,002'
23
HDG 230°
—CALM
——
6,002'
Pattern altitude: 2,201 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
2,500FT
+1,299 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -200 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV1,201 FT
OAT+25°C
ISA DELTA+12°C
PRESSURE ALT1,068 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KMKJ
(Mountain Empire Airport, Rural Retreat, elev 2,558 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+25%
-18%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+18%
-11%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+10%
-8%
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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)
10:02ZSUNRISE
17:22ZSOLAR NOON
00:41ZSUNSET
01:12ZCIVIL END
CURRENT14:00Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 41m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:12Z (11h 12m)
DAY LENGTH14h 39m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%
MOONRISE07:26Z
MOONSET22:05Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KCHO
VFR
→
MVFR
08Z
Charlottesville Albemarle Airport · Charlottesville
- WIND
- VRB / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW055
- DIST
- 22 NM E
- AGE
- 7m ago
K8W2
VFR
New Market Airport · New Market
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 25 NM N
- AGE
- 5m ago
KGVE
VFR
Gordonsville Municipal Airport · Gordonsville
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 35 NM E
- AGE
- 5m ago
KOMH
VFR
Orange County Airport · Orange
- WIND
- 030° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 40 NM E
- AGE
- 5m ago
KW99
VFR
Grant County Airport · Petersburg
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 9.0 SM
- CEILING
- OVC100
- DIST
- 45 NM N
- AGE
- 5m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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