// Station · 19m ago

KTAN

Taunton Municipal King Field

CAT VFR

WIND 220° / 7 kt G15

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 29.4°C / 21.1°C

ALTIM 29.83 inHg

ELEV 43 FT

41.8744°N / 71.0166°W

LOCATION · Taunton, US

WIND

220°7 kt

KTAN · 43 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 21Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/7G15

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

29 / 21

ALTIM

29.83"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 220°/7 kt, gusting 15. 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 KTAN 142152Z AUTO 22007G15KT 10SM CLR 29/21 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP101 T02940211

KTAN · day 14 at 21:52 UTC · wind from 220° at 7 kt, gusts to 15 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 29°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.83" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1010.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 7 ktG15

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

220°7G15 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

22★ HDG 220° H7 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 1,034'

30 HDG 300° H1 kt X7 kt LEFT 3,499'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

12 HDG 120° T1 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

04 HDG 040° T7 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,043 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 +15°C

1,900FT

+1,857 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +900 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV43 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT132 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMPO (Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport, Mount Pocono, elev 1,915 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+19%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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.

// 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 LEVEL14,891 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

09:22ZSUNRISE

16:51ZSOLAR NOON

00:19ZSUNSET

00:52ZCIVIL END

CURRENT22:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 08m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:52Z (2h 41m) DAY LENGTH14h 57m

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE09:28Z MOONSET00:26Z FULL MOON IN15 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

K1B9

VFR

Mansfield Municipal Airport · Mansfield

WIND: 230° / 10 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 11 NM NW
AGE: 16m ago

KEWB

VFR

New Bedford Regional Airport · New Bedford

WIND: 230° / 10 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 12 NM S
AGE: 18m ago

KPYM

VFR

Plymouth Municipal Airport · Plymouth

WIND: 230° / 10 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 13 NM E
AGE: 19m ago

KOWD

VFR

Norwood Memorial Airport · Norwood

WIND: 230° / 12 ktG18
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 20 NM N
AGE: 18m ago

KGHG

VFR

Marshfield Municipal George Harlow Field · Marshfield

WIND: VRB / 6 ktG15
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 20 NM NE
AGE: 16m ago

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