// Station · 7m ago

KWJF

General William J Fox Airfield

CAT VFR

WIND 230° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 13.3°C / 4.4°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

ELEV 2,351 FT

34.7411°N / 118.2190°W

LOCATION · Lancaster, US

WIND

230°8 kt

KWJF · 2,351 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

230°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW070

T / Td

13 / 4

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 230°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 7,000 ft. 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 KWJF 130156Z 23008KT 10SM FEW070 13/04 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP125 T01330044

KWJF · day 13 at 01:56 UTC · wind from 230° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 7,000 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 230° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

230°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

24★ HDG 240° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,201'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

06 HDG 060° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

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 +3°C

2,700FT

+349 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,351 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT2,369 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSIY (Siskiyou County Airport, Montague, elev 2,648 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+27%

-19%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+19%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-8%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW070

Few · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL9,068 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

13:57ZSUNRISE

19:40ZSOLAR NOON

01:23ZSUNSET

01:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:49Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 26m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:20Z MOONSET02:46Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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