// Station · 13m ago

KSMO

Santa Monica Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 18.3°C / 8.9°C

ALTIM 29.89 inHg

ELEV 170 FT

34.0158°N / 118.4510°W

LOCATION · Santa Monica, US

WIND

240°7 kt

KSMO · 170 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

18 / 9

ALTIM

29.89"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 240°/7 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 130151Z 24007KT 10SM CLR 18/09 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP121 T01830089

KSMO · day 13 at 01:51 UTC · wind from 240° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 18°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.89" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

240°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

21★ HDG 210° H6 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

03 HDG 030° T6 kt X4 kt LEFT —

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 +4°C

600FT

+430 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV170 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT197 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KUKI (Ukiah Municipal Airport, Ukiah, elev 614 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+6%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-2%

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 LEVEL9,412 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:57ZSUNRISE

19:41ZSOLAR NOON

01:25ZSUNSET

01:50ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:50Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 27m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:20Z MOONSET02:48Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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