// Station · 25m ago

KSMS

Sumter Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 8,000 ft

T/Td 25°C / 25°C

ALTIM 30.07 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

OVC080

LAYERS

OVC080

T / Td

25 / 25

ALTIM

30.07"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 8,000 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 KSMS 290050Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC080 25/25 A3007 RMK AO2

KSMS · day 29 at 00:50 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 8,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 30.07" 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 +10°C

1,200FT

+1,018 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV182 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT29 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGMU (Greenville Downtown Airport, Greenville, elev 1,048 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC080

Overcast · base 8,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,808 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

10:53ZSUNRISE

17:24ZSOLAR NOON

23:54ZSUNSET

00:20ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:20Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 01m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:40Z MOONSET12:41Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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