// Station · 37m ago

KAKO

Colorado Plains Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 19.4°C / 1.7°C

ALTIM 29.82 inHg

ELEV 4,714 FT

40.1756°N / 103.2220°W

LOCATION · Akron, US

WIND

160°7 kt

KAKO · 4,714 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

19 / 2

ALTIM

29.82"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 160°/7 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 130153Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR 19/02 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP051 T01940017

KAKO · day 13 at 01:53 UTC · wind from 160° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 19°C / dewpoint 2°C · altimeter 29.82" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1005.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

160°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

11★ HDG 110° H4 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

29 HDG 290° T4 kt X5 kt LEFT —

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 +14°C

6,500FT

+1,786 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,714 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT4,812 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KEGE (Eagle County Regional Airport, Eagle, elev 6,548 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+65%

-46%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+46%

-29%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+26%

-20%

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 LEVEL14,512 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:01ZSUNRISE

18:40ZSOLAR NOON

00:19ZSUNSET

00:46ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:46Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 18m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:25Z MOONSET01:43Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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