// Station · 26m ago

KSZT

Sandpoint Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 8,000 ft

T/Td 9°C / 1°C

ALTIM 30.21 inHg

ELEV 2,131 FT

48.2995°N / 116.5600°W

LOCATION · Sandpoint, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KSZT · 2,131 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN080

LAYERS

BKN080

T / Td

9 / 1

ALTIM

30.21"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 8,000 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 KSZT 131815Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN080 09/01 A3021 RMK AO2

KSZT · day 13 at 18:15 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 9°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 30.21" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

02 HDG 020° —CALM —— 5,501'

20 HDG 200° —CALM —— 5,501'

Pattern altitude: 3,131 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

1,600FT

-531 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,131 FT OAT+9°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT1,839 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLWS (Lewiston Nez Perce County Airport, Lewiston, elev 1,442 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN080

Broken · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL6,676 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

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

14:04ZSUNRISE

19:33ZSOLAR NOON

01:03ZSUNSET

01:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:41Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 21m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:34Z (6h 53m) DAY LENGTH10h 59m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION6% MOONRISE16:00Z MOONSET02:59Z FULL MOON IN12 days

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