// Station · 10m ago

K6E5

Wilder Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 15 kt G23

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 24°C / 22°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 1,729 FT

44.4330°N / 97.5582°W

LOCATION · De Smet, US

WIND

150°15 kt

K6E5 · 1,729 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 03Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/15G23

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW090 FEW110

T / Td

24 / 22

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 150°/15 kt, gusting 23. Visibility 9.0 SM and a few at 9,000 ft, and a few at 11,000 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 K6E5 290315Z AUTO 15015G23KT 9SM FEW090 FEW110 24/22 A2991 RMK AO2

K6E5 · day 29 at 03:15 UTC · wind from 150° at 15 kt, gusts to 23 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · a few clouds at 9,000 ft · a few clouds at 11,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 15 ktG23

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

150°15G23 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

15★ HDG 150° H15 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 3,700'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

33 HDG 330° T15 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 2,729 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

3,200FT

+1,471 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,729 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT1,735 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRAP (Rapid City Regional Airport, Rapid City, elev 3,204 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+32%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+13%

-10%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW110

Few · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW090

Few · base 9,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,850 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:49ZSUNRISE

18:32ZSOLAR NOON

01:16ZSUNSET

01:46ZCIVIL END

CURRENT03:25Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:46Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 26m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:41Z MOONSET14:07Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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