// Station · 22m ago

KVPZ

Porter County Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 23.3°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.16 inHg

ELEV 770 FT

41.4540°N / 87.0071°W

LOCATION · Valparaiso, US

WIND

VRB5 kt

KVPZ · 770 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

23 / 15

ALTIM

30.16"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/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 KVPZ 251556Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 23/15 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP210 T02330150

KVPZ · day 25 at 15:56 UTC · wind variable at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 23°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.16" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1021.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 5 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 7,001'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 7,001'

18 HDG 180° —CALM —— 4,001'

36 HDG 360° —CALM —— 4,001'

Pattern altitude: 1,770 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 +9°C

1,600FT

+830 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV770 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT528 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRID (Richmond Municipal Airport, Richmond, elev 1,140 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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 LEVEL12,538 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:08ZSUNRISE

17:51ZSOLAR NOON

00:34ZSUNSET

01:03ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 16m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:03Z (8h 45m) DAY LENGTH13h 26m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:10Z MOONSET10:37Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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