// Station · 6m ago
KSMS
Sumter Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 28°C / 26°C
ALTIM 30.09 inHg
ELEV 182 FT
33.9950°N / 80.3613°W
LOCATION · Sumter, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KSMS · 182 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
28 / 26
ALTIM
30.09"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. 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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METAR KSMS 150015Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A3009 RMK AO2
KSMS · day 15 at 00:15 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator
// 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
——
5,501'
23
HDG 230°
—CALM
——
5,501'
14
HDG 140°
—CALM
——
3,081'
32
HDG 320°
—CALM
——
3,081'
Pattern altitude: 1,182 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 +13°C
1,600FT
+1,418 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
FIELD ELEV182 FT
OAT+28°C
ISA DELTA+13°C
PRESSURE ALT11 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at K0A9
(Elizabethton Municipal Airport, Elizabethton, elev 1,593 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+16%
-11%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+11%
-7%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+6%
-5%
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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)
10:21ZSUNRISE
17:28ZSOLAR NOON
00:35ZSUNSET
01:03ZCIVIL END
CURRENT00:21Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING13m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:03Z (42m)
DAY LENGTH14h 13m
New Moon
ILLUMINATION0%
MOONRISE10:32Z
MOONSET00:45Z
FULL MOON IN15 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KSSC
VFR
→
MVFR
04Z
Shaw Air Force Base · Sumter
- WIND
- 090° / 5 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN050
- DIST
- 6 NM W
- AGE
- 26m ago
KCDN
VFR
Woodward Field · Camden
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN045
- DIST
- 20 NM NW
- AGE
- 6m ago
KMMT
VFR
Mc Entire Joint National Guard Base · Eastover
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN200
- DIST
- 22 NM W
- AGE
- 26m ago
KMNI
VFR
Santee Cooper Regional Airport · Manning
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 26 NM S
- AGE
- 6m ago
KHVS
VFR
Hartsville Regional Airport · Hartsville
- WIND
- 030° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN055
- DIST
- 27 NM NE
- AGE
- 26m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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