// Station · 22m ago

KANK

Salida Airport - Harriet Alexander Field

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 14 kt G21

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 16,000 ft

T/Td 25.4°C / 2.2°C

ALTIM 30.29 inHg

ELEV 7,523 FT

38.5383°N / 106.0490°W

LOCATION · Salida, US

WIND

210°14 kt

KANK · 7,523 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/14G21

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN160

LAYERS

BKN160

T / Td

25 / 2

ALTIM

30.29"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 16,000 ft. Brisk winds at 210°/14 kt, gusting 21, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 16,000 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

Loading TAF forecast narrative…

SOURCES · NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (TAF loading…)

// Want this glance-able on 10 airports? METAR Deck →

// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KANK 290055Z AUTO 21014G21KT 10SM BKN160 25/02 A3029 RMK AO2 T02540022

KANK · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 210° at 14 kt, gusts to 21 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 16,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 2°C · altimeter 30.29" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 14 ktG21

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

210°14G21 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

24★ HDG 240° H12 kt X7 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,351'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

06 HDG 060° T12 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

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 +25°C

10,100FT

+2,577 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV7,523 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+25°C PRESSURE ALT7,151 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLXV (Lake County Airport, Leadville, elev 9,927 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+101%

-71%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+71%

-45%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+40%

-30%

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)

BKN160

Broken · base 16,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING16,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER16,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL20,351 ft VFR MARGIN+13,000 ft

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

12:31ZSUNRISE

19:06ZSOLAR NOON

01:42ZSUNSET

02:09ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING25m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:09Z (52m) DAY LENGTH13h 11m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE01:18Z MOONSET14:29Z FULL MOON IN29 days

// Nearest reporting stations

Loading nearest reporting stations…

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

AIRSPACE

// Want this on your Stream Deck? METAR Deck shows real-time category and conditions for any 10 airports — built by the team that ships this page.

Get METAR Deck →