// Station · 8m ago

K20U

Beach Airport

CAT —

WIND 310° / 10 kt

VIS —

CEILING —

T/Td 3°C / 3°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 2,756 FT

46.9252°N / 103.9820°W

LOCATION · Beach, US

WIND

310°10 kt

K20U · 2,756 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/10

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

3 / 3

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 310°/10 kt. 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 130155Z AUTO 31010KT 03/03 A3001 RMK AO2 TSNO

K20U · day 13 at 01:55 UTC · wind from 310° at 10 kt · temp 3°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

310°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

30★ HDG 300° H10 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,200'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

12 HDG 120° T10 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 -7°C

1,900FT

-856 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,756 FT OAT+3°C ISA DELTA-7°C PRESSURE ALT2,665 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KY19 (Mandan Municipal Airport, Mandan, elev 1,944 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+19%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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 LEVEL4,271 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:10ZSUNRISE

18:43ZSOLAR NOON

00:16ZSUNSET

00:46ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:46Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 05m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:33Z MOONSET01:39Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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