// Station · 11m ago

KSMX

Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 5 kt

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 15°C / 7.8°C

ALTIM 29.92 inHg

ELEV 261 FT

34.8989°N / 120.4570°W

LOCATION · Santa Maria, US

WIND

300°5 kt

KSMX · 261 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/5

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

15 / 8

ALTIM

29.92"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 300°/5 kt. Visibility 9.0 SM 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 KSMX 130151Z 30005KT 9SM CLR 15/08 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP135 T01500078 $

KSMX · day 13 at 01:51 UTC · wind from 300° at 5 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · temp 15°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.92" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

300°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

30★ HDG 300° H5 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 8,004'

02 HDG 020° H1 kt X5 kt LEFT 5,199'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

20 HDG 200° T1 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

12 HDG 120° T5 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,261 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

300FT

+39 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV261 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT258 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KEMT (San Gabriel Valley Airport, El Monte, elev 296 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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 LEVEL7,837 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

14:06ZSUNRISE

19:49ZSOLAR NOON

01:32ZSUNSET

01:57ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:57Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 26m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:29Z MOONSET02:55Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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