// Station · 5m ago

KAEJ

Central Colorado Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 8,500 ft

T/Td 9.7°C / 2.8°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 7,946 FT

38.8129°N / 106.1201°W

LOCATION · Buena Vista, US

WIND

140°10 kt

KAEJ · 7,946 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC085

LAYERS

SCT060 OVC085

T / Td

10 / 3

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,500 ft. Moderate winds at 140°/10 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 6,000 ft, and overcast at 8,500 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 KAEJ 131215Z AUTO 14010KT 10SM SCT060 OVC085 10/03 A3003 RMK AO2 T00970028

KAEJ · day 13 at 12:15 UTC · wind from 140° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 6,000 ft · overcast at 8,500 ft · temp 10°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

140°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

15★ HDG 150° H10 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,303'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

33 HDG 330° T10 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 8,946 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 +10°C

9,100FT

+1,154 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV7,946 FT OAT+10°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT7,834 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KTEX (Telluride Regional Airport, Telluride, elev 9,070 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+91%

-64%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+64%

-41%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+36%

-27%

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)

OVC085

Overcast · base 8,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

SCT060

Scattered · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,845 ft VFR MARGIN+5,500 ft

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

13:12ZSUNRISE

18:51ZSOLAR NOON

00:30ZSUNSET

00:57ZCIVIL END

CURRENT12:20Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 10m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:57Z (12h 37m) DAY LENGTH11h 17m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION5% MOONRISE14:56Z MOONSET02:14Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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