// Station · 13m ago

KANK

Salida Airport - Harriet Alexander Field

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 14.4°C / 0.7°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 7,523 FT

38.5383°N / 106.0490°W

LOCATION · Salida, US

WIND

240°5 kt

KANK · 7,523 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW085

T / Td

14 / 1

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 240°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 8,500 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 KANK 130215Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM FEW085 14/01 A3003 RMK AO2 T01440007 $

KANK · day 13 at 02:15 UTC · wind from 240° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 8,500 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

240°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

24★ HDG 240° H5 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 7,351'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

06 HDG 060° T5 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 8,523 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

9,100FT

+1,577 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV7,523 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT7,411 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KTEX (Telluride Regional Airport, Telluride, elev 9,070 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+91%

-64%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+64%

-41%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+36%

-27%

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)

FEW085

Few · base 8,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER8,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,796 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:11ZSUNRISE

18:51ZSOLAR NOON

00:32ZSUNSET

00:58ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:28Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:58Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 20m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:35Z MOONSET01:56Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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