// Station · 9m ago

K3U3

Bowman Field

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 17.9°C / 9.6°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

ELEV 5,034 FT

46.1531°N / 112.8680°W

LOCATION · Anaconda, US

WIND

050°3 kt

K3U3 · 5,034 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 03Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW100

T / Td

18 / 10

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 050°/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 10,000 ft. 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 K3U3 290315Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM FEW100 18/10 A2998 RMK AO2 T01790096 $

K3U3 · day 29 at 03:15 UTC · wind from 050° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 10,000 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

050°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

16 HDG 160° —CALM —— 6,011'

34 HDG 340° —CALM —— 6,011'

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 4,074'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 4,074'

Pattern altitude: 6,034 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

6,500FT

+1,466 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,034 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT4,972 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KWYS (Yellowstone Airport, West Yellowstone, elev 6,649 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+65%

-46%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+46%

-29%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+26%

-20%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW100

Few · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,074 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

12:48ZSUNRISE

19:34ZSOLAR NOON

02:20ZSUNSET

02:51ZCIVIL END

CURRENT03:24Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:51Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 31m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE01:39Z MOONSET15:11Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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