// Station · 20m ago

KVBG

Vandenberg Space Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21.5°C / 16.2°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

WX VCFG

ELEV 369 FT

34.7373°N / 120.5840°W

LOCATION · Lompoc, US

WIND

270°5 kt

KVBG · 369 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW004 FEW140 SCT280

T / Td

22 / 16

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 270°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 400 ft, a few at 14,000 ft, and scattered at 28,000 ft. Reported weather: fog in the vicinity (VCFG). Fog is water droplets suspended at the surface with visibility under 5/8 SM; it typically burns off with daytime heating or a pickup in wind. 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 KVBG 251755Z 27005KT 10SM VCFG FEW000 FEW004 FEW140 SCT280 22/16 A3000 RMK AO2A FG FEW000 FG BANK ALG SHORE S-W-N SLP161 T02150162 10231 20122 50001

KVBG · day 25 at 17:55 UTC · wind from 270° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 400 ft · a few clouds at 14,000 ft · scattered layer at 28,000 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg · weather: fog in the vicinity (VCFG) · sea-level pressure 1016.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

270°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

30★ HDG 300° H4 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 15,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

12 HDG 120° T4 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,369 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 +7°C

1,100FT

+731 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV369 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT287 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSBD (San Bernardino International Airport, San Bernardino, elev 1,159 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+11%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT280

Scattered · base 28,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW140

Few · base 14,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW004

Few · base 400 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER28,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~56% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL11,228 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:31ZSUNRISE

20:05ZSOLAR NOON

02:40ZSUNSET

03:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 24m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:06Z (8h 50m) DAY LENGTH13h 08m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:38Z MOONSET12:46Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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