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// Station · 7m ago

KXSA

Tappahannock-Essex County Airport
CAT
WIND CALM
VIS
CEILING
T/Td 22.2°C / 22.2°C
ALTIM 30.08 inHg
ELEV 135 FT
37.8596°N / 76.8941°W
LOCATION · Tappahannock, US
N
WIND
calm
KXSA · 135 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 03Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
 
 
 
T / Td
22 / 22
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.08"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility unreported 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 KXSA 290315Z AUTO 22/22 A3008 RMK AO2 T02220222 PWINO

KXSA · day 29 at 03:15 UTC · winds calm · temp 22°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
CALMcalm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
10 HDG 100° CALM 4,300'
28 HDG 280° CALM 4,300'
Pattern altitude: 1,135 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 +7°C

800FT
+665 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV135 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT-27 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KOKV (Winchester Regional Airport, Winchester, elev 726 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+8%
-6%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+6%
-4%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+3%
-2%

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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 11,347 FT KXSA ELEV · 135 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL11,347 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:35ZSUNRISE
17:10ZSOLAR NOON
23:45ZSUNSET
00:12ZCIVIL END
CURRENT03:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:12Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 09m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:26Z MOONSET12:36Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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