// Station · 14m ago

KVBG

Vandenberg Space Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 320° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 17.4°C / 8°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 369 FT

34.7373°N / 120.5840°W

LOCATION · Lompoc, US

WIND

320°5 kt

KVBG · 369 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

17 / 8

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 320°/5 kt. 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 KVBG 130055Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM CLR 17/08 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP131 T01740080 FZRANO TSNO $

KVBG · day 13 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 320° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 17°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

320°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

30★ HDG 300° H5 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 15,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

12 HDG 120° T5 kt X2 kt LEFT —

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 +3°C

800FT

+431 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV369 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT375 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KVNY (Van Nuys Airport, Van Nuys, elev 802 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+8%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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 · 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 LEVEL9,157 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

14:06ZSUNRISE

19:49ZSOLAR NOON

01:33ZSUNSET

01:58ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:09Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING24m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:58Z (49m) DAY LENGTH11h 26m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:27Z MOONSET02:54Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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