// Station · 1h 16m ago · STALE
KTVL
Lake Tahoe Airport
CAT —
WIND CALM
VIS —
CEILING —
T/Td 7.8°C / -0.6°C
ALTIM 30.19 inHg
ELEV 6,264 FT
38.8939°N / 119.9950°W
LOCATION · South Lake Tahoe, US
WIND
—calm
KTVL · 6,264 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 11Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
—
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
8 / -1
ALTIM
30.19"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. Visibility unreported 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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METAR KTVL 111153Z AUTO 08/M01 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP162 T00781006 10161 20078 56003 PWINO $
KTVL · day 11 at 11:53 UTC · winds calm · temp 8°C / dewpoint -1°C · altimeter 30.19" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.2 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
CALMcalm
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
2 ends
18
HDG 180°
—CALM
——
8,541'
36
HDG 360°
—CALM
——
8,541'
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 +5°C
6,600FT
+336 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +200 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV6,264 FT
OAT+8°C
ISA DELTA+5°C
PRESSURE ALT5,993 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
SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+66%
-46%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+46%
-30%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+26%
-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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)
12:45ZSUNRISE
20:06ZSOLAR NOON
03:27ZSUNSET
03:59ZCIVIL END
CURRENT13:09Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 18m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:59Z (14h 49m)
DAY LENGTH14h 42m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%
MOONRISE10:07Z
MOONSET00:49Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KMEV
VFR
Minden-Tahoe Airport · Minden
- WIND
- 110° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 13 NM NE
- AGE
- 14m ago
KCXP
VFR
Carson Airport · Carson City
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 22 NM NE
- AGE
- 14m ago
KTRK
VFR
Truckee Tahoe Airport · Truckee
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 26 NM N
- AGE
- 14m ago
KPVF
VFR
Placerville Airport · Placerville
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 37 NM W
- AGE
- 14m ago
KRNO
VFR
Reno Tahoe International Airport · Reno
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW150
- DIST
- 38 NM N
- AGE
- 14m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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