// Station · 30m ago

KSMD

Smith Field

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 835 FT

41.1434°N / 85.1528°W

LOCATION · Fort Wayne, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KSMD · 835 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT065

T / Td

26 / 13

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 6,500 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 KSMD 282235Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT065 26/13 A3015 RMK A01

KSMD · day 28 at 22:35 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 6,500 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg

// 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 4 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 3,126'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 3,126'

13 HDG 130° —CALM —— 2,922'

31 HDG 310° —CALM —— 2,922'

Pattern altitude: 1,835 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

2,100FT

+1,265 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV835 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT602 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KVJI (Virginia Highlands Airport, Abingdon, elev 2,087 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT065

Scattered · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER6,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,966 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:04ZSUNRISE

17:43ZSOLAR NOON

00:22ZSUNSET

00:50ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 16m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:50Z (1h 44m) DAY LENGTH13h 17m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:47Z MOONSET13:04Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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