// Station · 28m ago

KSMX

Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 10 kt

VIS 6.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 21.1°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.95 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 261 FT

34.8989°N / 120.4570°W

LOCATION · Santa Maria, US

WIND

290°10 kt

KSMX · 261 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/10

VIS

6.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

21 / 15

ALTIM

29.95"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 290°/10 kt. Visibility 6.0 SM and no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. 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 252351Z 29010KT 6SM HZ CLR 21/15 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP142 T02110150 10278 20211 56007 $

KSMX · day 25 at 23:51 UTC · wind from 290° at 10 kt · visibility 6.0 SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.95" Hg · weather: haze (HZ) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 10 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

290°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

30★ HDG 300° H10 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,004'

02 HDG 020° H0 kt X10 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

20 HDG 200° H0 kt X10 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

12 HDG 120° T10 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

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 +7°C

1,000FT

+739 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV261 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT229 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KWHP (Whiteman Airport, Pacoima, elev 1,003 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+10%

-7%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+7%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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 LEVEL10,918 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:30ZSUNRISE

20:05ZSOLAR NOON

02:39ZSUNSET

03:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT00:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 19m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:06Z (2h 46m) DAY LENGTH13h 08m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE23:49Z MOONSET12:58Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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