// Station · 14m ago

KTVL

Lake Tahoe Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 180° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 7,000 ft

T/Td 6.7°C / -1.1°C

ALTIM 29.92 inHg

ELEV 6,264 FT

38.8939°N / 119.9950°W

LOCATION · South Lake Tahoe, US

WIND

180°7 kt

KTVL · 6,264 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC070

LAYERS

FEW040 OVC070

T / Td

7 / -1

ALTIM

29.92"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,000 ft. Light winds at 180°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 4,000 ft, and overcast at 7,000 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 KTVL 130053Z AUTO 18007KT 10SM FEW040 OVC070 07/M01 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP112 T00671011 $

KTVL · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 180° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · overcast at 7,000 ft · temp 7°C / dewpoint -1°C · altimeter 29.92" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

180°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

18★ HDG 180° H7 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 8,541'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

36 HDG 360° T7 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 7,264 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 +4°C

6,800FT

+536 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV6,264 FT OAT+7°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT6,261 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KL35 (Big Bear City Airport, Big Bear, elev 6,752 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+68%

-48%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+48%

-31%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+27%

-20%

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)

OVC070

Overcast · base 7,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

FEW040

Few · base 4,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,648 ft VFR MARGIN+4,000 ft

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

14:07ZSUNRISE

19:47ZSOLAR NOON

01:27ZSUNSET

01:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING20m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:54Z (47m) DAY LENGTH11h 20m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:28Z MOONSET02:48Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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