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// K3T5 · Fayette Regional Air Center Airport · La Grange

// Station · 9m ago

K3T5

Fayette Regional Air Center Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 140° / 5 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 26.1°C / 24.7°C
ALTIM 29.97 inHg
ELEV 324 FT
29.9080°N / 96.9500°W
LOCATION · La Grange, US
N
WIND
140°5 kt
K3T5 · 324 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 04Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
140°/5
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
26 / 25
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.97"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 140°/5 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 K3T5 130415Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A2997 RMK AO2 T02610247 $

K3T5 · day 13 at 04:15 UTC · wind from 140° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 5 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
N
WIND
140°5 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
16★ HDG 160° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,001'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
34 HDG 340° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —
Pattern altitude: 1,324 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 +12°C

1,700FT
+1,376 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV324 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT271 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCOM (Coleman Municipal Airport, Coleman, elev 1,697 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+17%
-12%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+12%
-8%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+7%
-5%

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 · 13,506 FT K3T5 ELEV · 324 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL13,506 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:28ZSUNRISE
18:15ZSOLAR NOON
00:02ZSUNSET
00:26ZCIVIL END
CURRENT04:24Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:26Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 33m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:56Z MOONSET01:29Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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