// Station · 8m ago

K46D

Carrington Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 21°C / 20°C

ALTIM 29.87 inHg

ELEV 1,607 FT

47.4511°N / 99.1511°W

LOCATION · Carrington, US

WIND

120°8 kt

K46D · 1,607 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 03Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

21 / 20

ALTIM

29.87"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 120°/8 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 K46D 290315Z AUTO 12008KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2987 RMK AO2

K46D · day 29 at 03:15 UTC · wind from 120° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 29.87" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

120°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

13★ HDG 130° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,198'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

31 HDG 310° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,607 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 +9°C

2,800FT

+1,193 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,607 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT1,654 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K20U (Beach Airport, Beach, elev 2,756 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+28%

-20%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+20%

-13%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-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 LEVEL12,213 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:51ZSUNRISE

18:39ZSOLAR NOON

01:27ZSUNSET

01:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT03:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:59Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 35m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:42Z MOONSET14:18Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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