// Station · 14m ago

KSNA

John Wayne Orange County International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 5,500 ft

T/Td 20°C / 6.7°C

ALTIM 29.89 inHg

ELEV 56 FT

33.6751°N / 117.8693°W

LOCATION · Santa Ana, US

WIND

250°8 kt

KSNA · 56 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN055

LAYERS

SCT031 BKN055 BKN070

T / Td

20 / 7

ALTIM

29.89"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,500 ft. Moderate winds at 250°/8 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 3,100 ft, broken at 5,500 ft, and broken at 7,000 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 KSNA 130053Z 25008KT 10SM SCT031 BKN055 BKN070 20/07 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP121 T02000067

KSNA · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 250° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 3,100 ft · broken layer at 5,500 ft · broken layer at 7,000 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 29.89" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

250°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

20R★ HDG 200° H5 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,700'

20L HDG 200° H5 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 75%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

02L HDG 020° T5 kt X6 kt LEFT —

02R HDG 020° T5 kt X6 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,056 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 +5°C

700FT

+644 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV56 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT83 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KIZA (Santa Ynez Airport, Santa Ynez, elev 674 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+7%

-5%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+5%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN070

Broken · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN055

Broken · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT031

Scattered · base 3,100 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL10,157 ft VFR MARGIN+2,500 ft

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

13:55ZSUNRISE

19:39ZSOLAR NOON

01:23ZSUNSET

01:48ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:48Z (40m) DAY LENGTH11h 28m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:16Z MOONSET02:44Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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