// Station · 18d ago · STALE · HARD STALE

K6S8

Laurel Municipal Airport

CAT IFR

WIND 040° / 8 kt

VIS 2.5 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 26°C / 7°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 3,517 FT

45.7031°N / 108.7610°W

LOCATION · Laurel, US

WIND

040°8 kt

K6S8 · 3,517 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/8

VIS

2.5 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 7

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — visibility 2.5 SM. Moderate winds at 040°/8 kt, visibility 2.5 SM, no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR K6S8 242340Z AUTO 04008KT 2 1/2SM HZ CLR 26/07 A3009 RMK A01 VIS 1 3/4V4

K6S8 · day 24 at 23:40 UTC · wind from 040° at 8 kt · visibility 2.5 SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg · weather: haze (HZ)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 8 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

040°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

04★ HDG 040° H8 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 5,199'

09 HDG 090° H5 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 75%

32 HDG 320° H1 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

14 HDG 140° T1 kt X8 kt LEFT —

27 HDG 270° T5 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

22 HDG 220° T8 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 4,517 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 +18°C

5,500FT

+1,983 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,517 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT3,346 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBTM (Bert Mooney Airport, Butte, elev 5,550 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+55%

-39%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+39%

-25%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+22%

-17%

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 LEVEL16,648 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:28ZSUNRISE

19:02ZSOLAR NOON

00:36ZSUNSET

01:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:06Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 08m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:52Z MOONSET02:00Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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