// Station · 7m ago

KSNS

Salinas Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 16.7°C / 8.9°C

ALTIM 29.93 inHg

ELEV 85 FT

36.6628°N / 121.6060°W

LOCATION · Salinas, US

WIND

300°8 kt

KSNS · 85 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

17 / 9

ALTIM

29.93"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 300°/8 kt. 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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KSNS 130153Z 30008KT 10SM CLR 17/09 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP144 T01670089

KSNS · day 13 at 01:53 UTC · wind from 300° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 17°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.93" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

300°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

31★ HDG 310° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,825'

26 HDG 260° H6 kt X5 kt RIGHT 6,004'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

08 HDG 080° T6 kt X5 kt LEFT —

13 HDG 130° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,085 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 +2°C

300FT

+215 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV85 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT73 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 MINOR

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 LEVEL8,519 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

14:12ZSUNRISE

19:54ZSOLAR NOON

01:35ZSUNSET

02:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:00Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:01Z (1m) DAY LENGTH11h 23m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:35Z MOONSET02:58Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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