// Station · 5m ago
KAAT
Alturas Municipal Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 240° / 5 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 28.3°C / 3.9°C
ALTIM 30.18 inHg
ELEV 4,378 FT
41.4827°N / 120.5657°W
LOCATION · Alturas, US
WIND
240°5 kt
KAAT · 4,378 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 22Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
240°/5
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
28 / 4
ALTIM
30.18"
// Interpretation
VFR with light winds at 240°/5 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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METAR KAAT 142255Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM CLR 28/04 A3018 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W AND NW SLP172 T02830039
KAAT · day 14 at 22:55 UTC · wind from 240° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.2 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 240° @ 5 kt
2 USABLE · 2 AVOID
WIND
240°5 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS
2 usable
21★
HDG 210°
H4 kt
X2 kt RIGHT
PRIMARY · 2,506'
31
HDG 310°
H2 kt
X5 kt LEFT
4,228'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID
2 ends
13
HDG 130°
T2 kt
X5 kt RIGHT
—
03
HDG 030°
T4 kt
X3 kt LEFT
—
Pattern altitude: 5,378 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 +21°C
6,700FT
+2,322 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +300 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV4,378 FT
OAT+28°C
ISA DELTA+21°C
PRESSURE ALT4,115 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KL35
(Big Bear City Airport, Big Bear, elev 6,752 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+67%
-47%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+47%
-30%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+27%
-20%
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 · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)
12:41ZSUNRISE
20:09ZSOLAR NOON
03:36ZSUNSET
04:09ZCIVIL END
CURRENT23:00Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 35m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:09Z (5h 08m)
DAY LENGTH14h 54m
New Moon
ILLUMINATION0%
MOONRISE12:49Z
MOONSET03:44Z
FULL MOON IN15 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)
KLKV
VFR
Lake County Airport · Lakeview
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 41 NM N
- AGE
- 7m ago
KLMT
VFR
Crater Lake-Klamath Regional Airport · Klamath Falls
- WIND
- VRB / 5 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT100
- DIST
- 66 NM NW
- AGE
- 7m ago
KSVE
VFR
Susanville Municipal Airport · Susanville
- WIND
- 340° / 10 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT090
- DIST
- 66 NM S
- AGE
- 5m ago
KO05
IFR
Rogers Field · Chester
- WIND
- 100° / 5 ktG14
- VIS
- 2.0 SM
- CEILING
- BKN044
- DIST
- 78 NM SW
- AGE
- 5m ago
KSIY
VFR
Siskiyou County Airport · Montague
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 87 NM W
- AGE
- 7m ago
// Area map · 100 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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