// Station · 10m ago

KAEX

Alexandria International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27.2°C / 21.1°C

ALTIM 29.99 inHg

ELEV 89 FT

31.3258°N / 92.5467°W

LOCATION · Alexandria, US

WIND

150°6 kt

KAEX · 89 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT055

T / Td

27 / 21

ALTIM

29.99"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 150°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 5,500 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 KAEX 130053Z 15006KT 10SM SCT055 27/21 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02720211

KAEX · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 150° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 5,500 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.99" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

150°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

14★ HDG 140° H6 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,352'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

32 HDG 320° T6 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,089 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 +12°C

1,500FT

+1,411 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +500 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV89 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT15 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KETN (Eastland Municipal Airport, Eastland, elev 1,464 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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)

SCT055

Scattered · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER5,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,826 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

12:12ZSUNRISE

17:57ZSOLAR NOON

23:43ZSUNSET

00:07ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:07Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 31m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:32Z MOONSET01:04Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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