// Station · 24m ago

KAFF

USAF Academy Airfield

CAT VFR

WIND 350° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 9°C / 6°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 6,572 FT

38.9725°N / 104.8211°W

LOCATION · Colorado Springs, US

WIND

350°10 kt

KAFF · 6,572 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

350°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW070

T / Td

9 / 6

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 350°/10 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 7,000 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 KAFF 131155Z 35010KT 10SM FEW070 09/06 A2994 RMK AO2A SHRAB13E23 SLP061 60000 PNO $

KAFF · day 13 at 11:55 UTC · wind from 350° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 7,000 ft · temp 9°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · sea-level pressure 1006.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 350° @ 10 kt

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

350°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

34C★ HDG 340° H10 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,501'

34R HDG 340° H10 kt X2 kt RIGHT 3,513'

34L HDG 340° H10 kt X2 kt RIGHT 4,500'

27 HDG 270° H2 kt X10 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

09 HDG 090° T2 kt X10 kt LEFT —

16C HDG 160° T10 kt X2 kt LEFT —

16L HDG 160° T10 kt X2 kt LEFT —

16R HDG 160° T10 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 7,572 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 +7°C

7,400FT

+828 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV6,572 FT OAT+9°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT6,549 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K20V (McElroy Airfield, Kremmling, elev 7,411 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+74%

-52%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+52%

-33%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+30%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW070

Few · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL11,117 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:07ZSUNRISE

18:46ZSOLAR NOON

00:25ZSUNSET

00:52ZCIVIL END

CURRENT12:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 06m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:52Z (12h 33m) DAY LENGTH11h 17m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION5% MOONRISE14:51Z MOONSET02:09Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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