// Station · 21m ago

KSPA

Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 3 kt

VIS 7.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21°C / 20°C

ALTIM 30.07 inHg

ELEV 801 FT

34.9157°N / 81.9565°W

LOCATION · Spartanburg, US

WIND

050°3 kt

KSPA · 801 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/3

VIS

7.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT004 SCT120

T / Td

21 / 20

ALTIM

30.07"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 050°/3 kt. Visibility 7.0 SM and scattered at 400 ft, and scattered at 12,000 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 KSPA 290055Z AUTO 05003KT 7SM SCT004 SCT120 21/20 A3007 RMK AO2 P0001

KSPA · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 050° at 3 kt · visibility 7.0 SM · scattered layer at 400 ft · scattered layer at 12,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 30.07" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

050°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 5,852'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 5,852'

Pattern altitude: 1,801 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

1,500FT

+699 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV801 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT648 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 MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT120

Scattered · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT004

Scattered · base 400 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL11,407 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:59ZSUNRISE

17:30ZSOLAR NOON

00:02ZSUNSET

00:28ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:28Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 03m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:46Z MOONSET12:49Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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