// Station · 10m ago

KALM

Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 180° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 22°C / 10°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

ELEV 4,200 FT

32.8378°N / 105.9931°W

LOCATION · Alamogordo, US

WIND

180°5 kt

KALM · 4,200 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

22 / 10

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 180°/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 KALM 130055Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM CLR 22/10 A2998 RMK AO2

KALM · day 13 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 180° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 22°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

180°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

22★ HDG 220° H4 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,207'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

04 HDG 040° T4 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 5,200 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 +15°C

6,000FT

+1,800 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,200 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT4,138 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAEG (Double Eagle II Airport, Albuquerque, elev 5,837 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+60%

-42%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+42%

-27%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+24%

-18%

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 LEVEL15,311 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:06ZSUNRISE

18:51ZSOLAR NOON

00:36ZSUNSET

01:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:01Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 29m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:27Z MOONSET01:57Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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