// Station · 13m ago

KSMF

Sacramento International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 16.1°C / 12.8°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

ELEV 27 FT

38.6954°N / 121.5910°W

LOCATION · Sacramento, US

WIND

160°7 kt

KSMF · 27 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT250

T / Td

16 / 13

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 160°/7 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 25,000 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 KSMF 251353Z 16007KT 10SM SCT250 16/13 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP150 T01610128

KSMF · day 25 at 13:53 UTC · wind from 160° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 25,000 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

160°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17L★ HDG 170° H7 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,605'

17R HDG 170° H7 kt X1 kt LEFT 8,598'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

35R HDG 350° T7 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

35L HDG 350° T7 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,027 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 +1°C

100FT

+73 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV27 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT-35 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KDWA (Yolo County Davis Woodland Winters Airport, Davis/Woodland/Winters, elev 100 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+1%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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)

SCT250

Scattered · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL8,158 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:30ZSUNRISE

20:09ZSOLAR NOON

02:49ZSUNSET

03:16ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 42m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:16Z (13h 10m) DAY LENGTH13h 18m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE23:28Z MOONSET12:47Z FULL MOON IN3 days

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