// Station · 28m ago
KWJF
General William J Fox Airfield
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 33.3°C / 4.4°C
ALTIM 29.96 inHg
ELEV 2,351 FT
34.7411°N / 118.2190°W
LOCATION · Lancaster, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KWJF · 2,351 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 16Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
33 / 4
ALTIM
29.96"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. 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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METAR KWJF 111656Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 33/04 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP117 T03330044 $
KWJF · day 11 at 16:56 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 33°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.7 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
2 ends
06
HDG 060°
—CALM
——
7,201'
24
HDG 240°
—CALM
——
7,201'
Pattern altitude: 3,351 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 +23°C
5,100FT
+2,749 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -400 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV2,351 FT
OAT+33°C
ISA DELTA+23°C
PRESSURE ALT2,310 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KBLU
(Blue Canyon Nyack Airport, Emigrant Gap, elev 5,284 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+51%
-36%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+36%
-23%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+20%
-15%
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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)
12:49ZSUNRISE
19:59ZSOLAR NOON
03:09ZSUNSET
03:38ZCIVIL END
CURRENT17:24Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 44m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:38Z (10h 13m)
DAY LENGTH14h 19m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION10%
MOONRISE10:19Z
MOONSET00:39Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KPMD
VFR
Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 Airport · Palmdale
- WIND
- 010° / 5 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 9 NM SE
- AGE
- 31m ago
KMHV
VFR
Mojave Air & Space Port · Mojave
- WIND
- 100° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW260
- DIST
- 19 NM N
- AGE
- 9m ago
KEDW
VFR
Edwards Air Force Base · Edwards
- WIND
- 170° / 5 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT280
- DIST
- 19 NM NE
- AGE
- 29m ago
KTSP
VFR
Tehachapi Municipal Airport · Tehachapi
- WIND
- 310° / 11 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 26 NM NW
- AGE
- 9m ago
KWHP
VFR
Whiteman Airport · Pacoima
- WIND
- 120° / 5 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 30 NM S
- AGE
- 29m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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