// Station · 11m ago

KATS

Artesia Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 260° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 25°C / 13°C

ALTIM 29.95 inHg

ELEV 3,541 FT

32.8525°N / 104.4680°W

LOCATION · Artesia, US

WIND

260°9 kt

KATS · 3,541 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

25 / 13

ALTIM

29.95"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 260°/9 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 KATS 130215Z AUTO 26009KT 10SM CLR 25/13 A2995 RMK AO2

KATS · day 13 at 02:15 UTC · wind from 260° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 25°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.95" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

260°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

22★ HDG 220° H7 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,800'

31 HDG 310° H6 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 78%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

13 HDG 130° T6 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

04 HDG 040° T7 kt X6 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 4,541 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 +17°C

5,500FT

+1,959 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,541 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT3,509 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KFMN (Four Corners Regional Airport, Farmington, elev 5,506 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+55%

-39%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+39%

-25%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+22%

-17%

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL16,167 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:00ZSUNRISE

18:45ZSOLAR NOON

00:30ZSUNSET

00:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:26Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:54Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 29m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:24Z MOONSET01:53Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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