// Station · 59m ago

KAIA

Alliance Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 14 kt G21

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 13.9°C / 8.9°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

ELEV 3,931 FT

42.0525°N / 102.8040°W

LOCATION · Alliance, US

WIND

050°14 kt

KAIA · 3,931 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/14G21

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW110

T / Td

14 / 9

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 050°/14 kt, gusting 21. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 11,000 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 KAIA 130053Z AUTO 05014G21KT 10SM FEW110 14/09 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP109 T01390089

KAIA · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 050° at 14 kt, gusts to 21 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 11,000 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1010.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 14 ktG21

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

050°14G21 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

08★ HDG 080° H12 kt X7 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,190'

35 HDG 350° H7 kt X12 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 57%

12 HDG 120° H5 kt X13 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 62%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

30 HDG 300° T5 kt X13 kt RIGHT —

17 HDG 170° T7 kt X12 kt LEFT —

26 HDG 260° T12 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 4,931 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

4,800FT

+869 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

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FIELD ELEV3,931 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT3,949 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KIBM (Kimball Municipal Robert E Arraj Field, Kimball, elev 4,926 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+48%

-34%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+34%

-22%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+19%

-14%

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)

FEW110

Few · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL10,951 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:01ZSUNRISE

18:38ZSOLAR NOON

00:16ZSUNSET

00:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:52Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:44Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 14m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:23Z MOONSET01:38Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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