// Station · 11m ago

K20U

Beach Airport

CAT —

WIND 310° / 13 kt G21

VIS —

CEILING —

T/Td 29°C / 7°C

ALTIM 29.87 inHg

ELEV 2,756 FT

46.9252°N / 103.9820°W

LOCATION · Beach, US

WIND

310°13 kt

K20U · 2,756 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/13G21

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

29 / 7

ALTIM

29.87"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 310°/13 kt, gusting 21. 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 K20U 282255Z AUTO 31013G21KT 29/07 A2987 RMK AO2 TSNO

K20U · day 28 at 22:55 UTC · wind from 310° at 13 kt, gusts to 21 kt · temp 29°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 29.87" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 13 ktG21

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

310°13G21 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

30★ HDG 300° H13 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,200'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

12 HDG 120° T13 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 3,756 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 +20°C

5,100FT

+2,344 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,756 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+20°C PRESSURE ALT2,803 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KPOY (Powell Municipal Airport, Powell, elev 5,092 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. 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 LEVEL17,402 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

12:11ZSUNRISE

18:58ZSOLAR NOON

01:45ZSUNSET

02:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 38m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:17Z (3h 10m) DAY LENGTH13h 34m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:54Z MOONSET14:28Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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