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// Station · 28m ago

KALX

Thomas C Russell Field
CAT —
WIND 310° / 1 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING —
T/Td 17°C / 17°C
ALTIM 30.09 inHg
ELEV 686 FT
32.9147°N / 85.9630°W
LOCATION · Alexander City, US
N
WIND
310°1 kt
KALX · 686 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 03Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
310°/1
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
17 / 17
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.09"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 310°/1 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 KALX 130355Z AUTO 31001KT 10SM 17/17 A3009 RMK AO2

KALX · day 13 at 03:55 UTC · wind from 310° at 1 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 17°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 1 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
310°1 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
18 HDG 180° —CALM —— 5,422'
36 HDG 360° —CALM —— 5,422'
Pattern altitude: 1,686 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 +3°C

900FT
+214 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV686 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT515 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K4A9 (Isbell Field, Fort Payne, elev 877 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+9%
-6%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+6%
-4%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+4%
-3%

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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 9,272 FT KALX ELEV · 686 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL9,272 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:46ZSUNRISE
17:31ZSOLAR NOON
23:16ZSUNSET
23:40ZCIVIL END
CURRENT04:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:40Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 29m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:14Z MOONSET00:43Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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