// Station · 23m ago

KSSC

Shaw Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 060° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 32.9°C / 17.9°C

ALTIM 29.99 inHg

ELEV 241 FT

33.9727°N / 80.4706°W

LOCATION · Sumter, US

WIND

060°7 kt

KSSC · 241 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 21Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

060°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW160 FEW250

T / Td

33 / 18

ALTIM

29.99"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 060°/7 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 16,000 ft, and a few at 25,000 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 KSSC 252155Z 06007KT 10SM FEW160 FEW250 33/18 A2999 RMK AO2A SLP155 T03290179 $

KSSC · day 25 at 21:55 UTC · wind from 060° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 16,000 ft · a few clouds at 25,000 ft · temp 33°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.99" Hg · sea-level pressure 1015.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 060° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

060°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

04L★ HDG 040° H7 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,014'

04R HDG 040° H7 kt X2 kt RIGHT 8,014'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

22R HDG 220° T7 kt X2 kt LEFT —

22L HDG 220° T7 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,241 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 +18°C

2,400FT

+2,159 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV241 FT OAT+33°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT167 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K6A4 (Johnson County Airport, Mountain City, elev 2,240 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+24%

-17%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+17%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-7%

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)

FEW250

Few · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW160

Few · base 16,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL16,857 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:52ZSUNRISE

17:25ZSOLAR NOON

23:58ZSUNSET

00:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT22:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 40m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:24Z (2h 06m) DAY LENGTH13h 06m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE21:06Z MOONSET10:13Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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