// Station · 11m ago

KWAL

Wallops Flight Facility Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 110° / 3 kt

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 10,000 ft

T/Td 23.3°C / 22.8°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

WX -RA BR

ELEV 40 FT

37.9408°N / 75.4622°W

LOCATION · Wallops Island, US

WIND

110°3 kt

KWAL · 40 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

110°/3

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

BKN100

LAYERS

FEW027 SCT075 BKN100

T / Td

23 / 23

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 5.0 SM. Light winds at 110°/3 kt, visibility 5.0 SM, a few at 2,700 ft, scattered at 7,500 ft, and broken at 10,000 ft. Reported weather: light rain and mist (-RA BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. 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 KWAL 282254Z AUTO 11003KT 5SM -RA BR FEW027 SCT075 BKN100 23/23 A3000 RMK AO2 RAB19 SLP156 P0003 T02330228

KWAL · day 28 at 22:54 UTC · wind from 110° at 3 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · a few clouds at 2,700 ft · scattered layer at 7,500 ft · broken layer at 10,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg · weather: light rain and mist (-RA BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 110° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

110°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 6 ends

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 8,748'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 8,748'

10 HDG 100° —CALM —— 8,005'

28 HDG 280° —CALM —— 8,005'

17 HDG 170° —CALM —— 4,808'

35 HDG 350° —CALM —— 4,808'

Pattern altitude: 1,040 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 +8°C

900FT

+860 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

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FIELD ELEV40 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT-42 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KW45 (Luray Caverns Airport, Luray, elev 902 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+9%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

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)

BKN100

Broken · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT075

Scattered · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW027

Few · base 2,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,808 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

10:29ZSUNRISE

17:04ZSOLAR NOON

23:39ZSUNSET

00:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING34m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:06Z (1h 01m) DAY LENGTH13h 09m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:12Z MOONSET12:22Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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