// Station · 12m ago

KAPA

Centennial Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 14 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21.1°C / 0°C

ALTIM 29.84 inHg

ELEV 5,885 FT

39.5701°N / 104.8490°W

LOCATION · Denver, US

WIND

190°14 kt

KAPA · 5,885 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/14

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW110 FEW140

T / Td

21 / 0

ALTIM

29.84"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 190°/14 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 11,000 ft, and a few at 14,000 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 130053Z 19014KT 10SM FEW110 FEW140 21/00 A2984 RMK AO2 PK WND 19030/0003 SLP044 T02110000

KAPA · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 190° at 14 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 11,000 ft · a few clouds at 14,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 0°C · altimeter 29.84" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1004.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 14 kt

4 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

190°14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

17L★ HDG 170° H13 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,001'

17R HDG 170° H13 kt X5 kt RIGHT 7,001'

10 HDG 100° H0 kt X14 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

28 HDG 280° H0 kt X14 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

35R HDG 350° T13 kt X5 kt LEFT —

35L HDG 350° T13 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 +18°C

8,100FT

+2,215 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,885 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT5,962 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K33V (Walden Jackson County Airport, Walden, elev 8,153 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+81%

-57%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+57%

-36%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+32%

-24%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW140

Few · base 14,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW110

Few · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER14,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL16,542 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:07ZSUNRISE

18:47ZSOLAR NOON

00:26ZSUNSET

00:53ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:53Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 19m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:28Z MOONSET01:47Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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