// Station · 8m ago

KAPA

Centennial Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 030° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 14,000 ft

T/Td 23.3°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.38 inHg

ELEV 5,885 FT

39.5701°N / 104.8490°W

LOCATION · Denver, US

WIND

030°8 kt

KAPA · 5,885 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

030°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN140

LAYERS

SCT120 BKN140 BKN220

T / Td

23 / 10

ALTIM

30.38"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 14,000 ft. Moderate winds at 030°/8 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 12,000 ft, broken at 14,000 ft, and broken at 22,000 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 KAPA 251653Z 03008KT 10SM SCT120 BKN140 BKN220 23/10 A3038 RMK AO2 SLP215 T02330100

KAPA · day 25 at 16:53 UTC · wind from 030° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 12,000 ft · broken layer at 14,000 ft · broken layer at 22,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.38" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1021.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 030° @ 8 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

030°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

35R★ HDG 350° H6 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,001'

35L HDG 350° H6 kt X5 kt RIGHT 7,001'

10 HDG 100° H3 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

28 HDG 280° T3 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

17L HDG 170° T6 kt X5 kt LEFT —

17R HDG 170° T6 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 6,885 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 +19°C

7,700FT

+1,815 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,885 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT5,422 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGUC (Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport, Gunnison, elev 7,680 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+77%

-54%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+54%

-35%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+31%

-23%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN220

Broken · base 22,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN140

Broken · base 14,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT120

Scattered · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING14,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER22,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL17,653 ft VFR MARGIN+11,000 ft

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

12:22ZSUNRISE

19:02ZSOLAR NOON

01:43ZSUNSET

02:11ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 41m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:11Z (9h 09m) DAY LENGTH13h 20m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:26Z MOONSET11:47Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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