// Station · 23m ago

KVTI

Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark

CAT MVFR

WIND 150° / 3 kt

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 23°C / 19°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 842 FT

42.2182°N / 92.0259°W

LOCATION · Vinton, US

WIND

150°3 kt

KVTI · 842 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/3

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

23 / 19

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 5.0 SM. Light winds at 150°/3 kt, visibility 5.0 SM, no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KVTI 290055Z AUTO 15003KT 5SM HZ CLR 23/19 A3006 RMK AO2

KVTI · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 150° at 3 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · temp 23°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg · weather: haze (HZ) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

150°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 4,000'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 4,000'

16 HDG 160° —CALM —— 2,500'

34 HDG 340° —CALM —— 2,500'

Pattern altitude: 1,842 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

1,800FT

+958 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV842 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT700 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KISB (Sibley Municipal Airport, Sibley, elev 1,538 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-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 LEVEL12,458 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:30ZSUNRISE

18:10ZSOLAR NOON

00:51ZSUNSET

01:20ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:20Z (1m) DAY LENGTH13h 20m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:17Z MOONSET13:38Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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