// Station · 15m ago

KABQ

Albuquerque International Sunport

CAT VFR

WIND 350° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23.9°C / 7.8°C

ALTIM 30.31 inHg

ELEV 5,355 FT

35.0400°N / 106.6089°W

LOCATION · Albuquerque, US

WIND

350°7 kt

KABQ · 5,355 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

350°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW140 SCT250

T / Td

24 / 8

ALTIM

30.31"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 350°/7 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 14,000 ft, and scattered at 25,000 ft. 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 KABQ 251352Z 35007KT 10SM FEW140 SCT250 24/08 A3031 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02390078 $

KABQ · day 25 at 13:52 UTC · wind from 350° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 14,000 ft · scattered layer at 25,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 30.31" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 350° @ 7 kt

4 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

350°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

03★ HDG 030° H5 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,000'

30 HDG 300° H4 kt X5 kt RIGHT 6,000'

08 HDG 080° H0 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

26 HDG 260° H0 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

12 HDG 120° T4 kt X5 kt LEFT —

21 HDG 210° T5 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 6,355 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 +19°C

7,200FT

+1,845 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,355 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT4,962 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLAM (Los Alamos Airport, Los Alamos, elev 7,171 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+72%

-50%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+50%

-32%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+29%

-22%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT250

Scattered · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW140

Few · base 14,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL17,426 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:35ZSUNRISE

19:10ZSOLAR NOON

01:44ZSUNSET

02:10ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 37m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:10Z (12h 03m) DAY LENGTH13h 09m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE22:33Z MOONSET11:42Z FULL MOON IN3 days

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