// Station · 28m ago

KSMO

Santa Monica Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 25.6°C / 20°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 170 FT

34.0158°N / 118.4510°W

LOCATION · Santa Monica, US

WIND

VRB3 kt

KSMO · 170 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 20

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/3 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 KSMO 251551Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 26/20 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP142 T02560200

KSMO · day 25 at 15:51 UTC · wind variable at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

03 HDG 030° —CALM —— 3,500'

21 HDG 210° —CALM —— 3,500'

Pattern altitude: 1,170 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 +11°C

1,400FT

+1,230 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV170 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT129 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRNM (Ramona Airport, Ramona, elev 1,395 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-4%

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL13,099 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:23ZSUNRISE

19:57ZSOLAR NOON

02:30ZSUNSET

02:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 11m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:56Z (10h 36m) DAY LENGTH13h 06m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:26Z MOONSET12:33Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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