// Station · 25m ago
KAAO
Colonel James Jabara Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING Few/scattered only
T/Td 31.1°C / 16.7°C
ALTIM 30.14 inHg
ELEV 1,421 FT
37.7476°N / 97.2211°W
LOCATION · Wichita, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KAAO · 1,421 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 20Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
—
LAYERS
FEW060
T / Td
31 / 17
ALTIM
30.14"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 6,000 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR KAAO 142054Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW060 31/17 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP191 T03110167 58013
KAAO · day 14 at 20:54 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 6,000 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.14" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.1 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
2 ends
18
HDG 180°
—CALM
——
6,101'
36
HDG 360°
—CALM
——
6,101'
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 +18°C
3,400FT
+1,979 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +0 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV1,421 FT
OAT+31°C
ISA DELTA+18°C
PRESSURE ALT1,200 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
SIGNIFICANT
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.
// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)
11:19ZSUNRISE
18:35ZSOLAR NOON
01:52ZSUNSET
02:22ZCIVIL END
CURRENT21:19Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 32m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:22Z (5h 02m)
DAY LENGTH14h 32m
New Moon
ILLUMINATION0%
MOONRISE11:24Z
MOONSET01:56Z
FULL MOON IN15 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KBEC
VFR
Beech Factory Airport · Wichita
- WIND
- 120° / 7 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT060
- DIST
- 3 NM S
- AGE
- 24m ago
KIAB
VFR
McConnell Air Force Base · Wichita
- WIND
- 110° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 8 NM S
- AGE
- 24m ago
K3AU
VFR
Augusta Municipal Airport · Augusta
- WIND
- 110° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT060
- DIST
- 8 NM SE
- AGE
- 24m ago
KICT
VFR
Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport · Wichita
- WIND
- 110° / 7 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT065
- DIST
- 11 NM SW
- AGE
- 26m ago
KEWK
VFR
Newton City-County Airport · Newton
- WIND
- 130° / 7 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 19 NM N
- AGE
- 23m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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