// Station · 9m ago

K9K7

Ellsworth Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 12 kt G20

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 26°C / 18°C

ALTIM 29.82 inHg

ELEV 1,615 FT

38.7523°N / 98.2288°W

LOCATION · Ellsworth, US

WIND

190°12 kt

K9K7 · 1,615 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 04Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/12G20

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 18

ALTIM

29.82"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 190°/12 kt, gusting 20. 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 K9K7 130415Z AUTO 19012G20KT 10SM CLR 26/18 A2982 RMK AO2

K9K7 · day 13 at 04:15 UTC · wind from 190° at 12 kt, gusts to 20 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.82" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 12 ktG20

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

190°12G20 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17★ HDG 170° H11 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,500'

12 HDG 120° H4 kt X11 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 55%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

30 HDG 300° T4 kt X11 kt LEFT —

35 HDG 350° T11 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,615 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 +14°C

3,400FT

+1,785 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,615 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT1,713 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSYF (Cheyenne County Municipal Airport, St Francis, elev 3,413 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+34%

-24%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+24%

-15%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+14%

-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 · 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 LEVEL14,746 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:40ZSUNRISE

18:20ZSOLAR NOON

00:00ZSUNSET

00:27ZCIVIL END

CURRENT04:24Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:27Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 20m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE14:07Z MOONSET01:28Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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