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// Station · 36m ago

KSKA

Fairchild Air Force Base
CAT VFR
WIND 190° / 4 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 6.9°C / -1°C
ALTIM 30.02 inHg
ELEV 2,461 FT
47.6151°N / 117.6560°W
LOCATION · Spokane, US
N
WIND
190°4 kt
KSKA · 2,461 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 01Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
190°/4
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
7 / -1
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.02"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 190°/4 kt. 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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KSKA 130155Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM CLR 07/M01 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP178 T00691010 $

KSKA · day 13 at 01:55 UTC · wind from 190° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 7°C / dewpoint -1°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 4 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
190°4 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 13,899'
23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 13,899'
Pattern altitude: 3,461 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

1,900FT
-561 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV2,461 FT OAT+7°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT2,358 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSFF (Felts Field, Spokane, elev 1,953 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+19%
-13%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+13%
-9%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+8%
-6%

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 · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 5,946 FT KSKA ELEV · 2,461 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL5,946 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

14:06ZSUNRISE
19:38ZSOLAR NOON
01:10ZSUNSET
01:41ZCIVIL END
CURRENT02:31Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:41Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 04m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:30Z MOONSET02:34Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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