// Station · 21m ago

K06C

Schaumburg Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 26.2°C / 15.7°C

ALTIM 29.75 inHg

ELEV 801 FT

41.9893°N / 88.1012°W

LOCATION · Chicago/Schaumburg, US

WIND

210°9 kt

K06C · 801 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 16

ALTIM

29.75"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 210°/9 kt. 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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR K06C 130135Z AUTO 21009KT 10SM CLR 26/16 A2975 RMK AO2 T02620157

K06C · day 13 at 01:35 UTC · wind from 210° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.75" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

210°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

29★ HDG 290° H2 kt X9 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,800'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

11 HDG 110° T2 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,801 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 +13°C

2,500FT

+1,699 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV801 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT970 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBKW (Raleigh County Memorial Airport, Beaver, elev 2,504 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+25%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-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 · 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 LEVEL14,033 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:02ZSUNRISE

17:40ZSOLAR NOON

23:17ZSUNSET

23:45ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:56Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:45Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 15m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:25Z MOONSET00:40Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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