// Station · 26m ago

KAKO

Colorado Plains Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 28.9°C / 12.8°C

ALTIM 30.04 inHg

ELEV 4,714 FT

40.1756°N / 103.2220°W

LOCATION · Akron, US

WIND

050°5 kt

KAKO · 4,714 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

29 / 13

ALTIM

30.04"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 050°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 KAKO 290053Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM CLR 29/13 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP111 T02890128

KAKO · day 29 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 050° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 29°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.04" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

050°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

11★ HDG 110° H3 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

29 HDG 290° T3 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 5,714 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 +23°C

7,300FT

+2,586 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,714 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+23°C PRESSURE ALT4,590 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 SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+73%

-51%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+51%

-33%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+29%

-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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL19,310 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:18ZSUNRISE

18:55ZSOLAR NOON

01:33ZSUNSET

02:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:01Z (41m) DAY LENGTH13h 15m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE01:05Z MOONSET14:20Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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