// Station · 15m ago

KABQ

Albuquerque International Sunport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 17 kt G26

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 22.8°C / 6.7°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

ELEV 5,355 FT

35.0400°N / 106.6089°W

LOCATION · Albuquerque, US

WIND

190°17 kt

KABQ · 5,355 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/17G26

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT080

T / Td

23 / 7

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 190°/17 kt, gusting 26. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 8,000 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 130052Z 19017G26KT 10SM SCT080 23/07 A2998 RMK AO2 PK WND 19028/0011 SLP085 T02280067 $

KABQ · day 13 at 00:52 UTC · wind from 190° at 17 kt, gusts to 26 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 8,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1008.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 17 ktG26

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

190°17G26 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

21★ HDG 210° H16 kt X6 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,000'

26 HDG 260° H6 kt X16 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 62%

12 HDG 120° H6 kt X16 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 62%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

08 HDG 080° T6 kt X16 kt RIGHT —

30 HDG 300° T6 kt X16 kt LEFT —

03 HDG 030° T16 kt X6 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 +18°C

7,500FT

+2,145 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,355 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT5,293 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KN24 (Questa Municipal Nr 2 Airport, Questa, elev 7,700 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+75%

-53%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+53%

-34%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+30%

-23%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT080

Scattered · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL16,870 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:10ZSUNRISE

18:54ZSOLAR NOON

00:37ZSUNSET

01:02ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:02Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 26m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:31Z MOONSET01:58Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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