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// Station · 12m ago

KAAO

Colonel James Jabara Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 170° / 7 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 35°C / 11.7°C
ALTIM 30.02 inHg
ELEV 1,421 FT
37.7476°N / 97.2211°W
LOCATION · Wichita, US
N
WIND
170°7 kt
KAAO · 1,421 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 22Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
170°/7
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
 
 
 
T / Td
35 / 12
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.02"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 170°/7 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 KAAO 282254Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 35/12 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP150 T03500117

KAAO · day 28 at 22:54 UTC · wind from 170° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 35°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 7 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
N
WIND
170°7 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
18 HDG 180° H7 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,101'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
36 HDG 360° T7 kt X1 kt RIGHT
Pattern altitude: 2,421 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 +23°C

4,000FT
+2,579 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV1,421 FT OAT+35°C ISA DELTA+23°C PRESSURE ALT1,318 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGLD (Goodland Municipal Airport, Goodland, elev 3,656 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+40%
-28%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+28%
-18%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+16%
-12%

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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 19,098 FT KAAO ELEV · 1,421 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL19,098 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:56ZSUNRISE
18:31ZSOLAR NOON
01:06ZSUNSET
01:33ZCIVIL END
CURRENT23:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 59m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:33Z (2h 26m) DAY LENGTH13h 09m
Full Moon
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:39Z MOONSET13:48Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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