// Station · 4m ago

KVCT

Victoria Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 27.2°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 115 FT

28.8526°N / 96.9185°W

LOCATION · Victoria, US

WIND

150°8 kt

KVCT · 115 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

27 / 25

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 150°/8 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 KVCT 130151Z 15008KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP142 T02720250

KVCT · day 13 at 01:51 UTC · wind from 150° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 27°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

150°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

13★ HDG 130° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,111'

18 HDG 180° H7 kt X4 kt LEFT 4,908'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

36 HDG 360° T7 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

31 HDG 310° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,115 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 +12°C

1,600FT

+1,485 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV115 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT74 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KERV (Kerrville / Kerr County Airport at Louis Schreiner Field, Kerrville, elev 1,617 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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 LEVEL13,852 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

12:27ZSUNRISE

18:15ZSOLAR NOON

00:02ZSUNSET

00:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:55Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:26Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 34m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:50Z MOONSET01:25Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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