// Station · 16m ago

KAXS

Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 22°C / 21°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 1,433 FT

34.6979°N / 99.3385°W

LOCATION · Altus, US

WIND

140°9 kt

KAXS · 1,433 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

22 / 21

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 140°/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 KAXS 131203Z AUTO 14009KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2991 RMK AO2

KAXS · day 13 at 12:03 UTC · wind from 140° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 22°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

140°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

17★ HDG 170° H8 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,501'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

35 HDG 350° T8 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,433 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 +10°C

2,600FT

+1,167 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,433 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT1,439 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGAG (Gage Heibeck Airport, Gage, elev 2,223 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+26%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-8%

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 LEVEL12,544 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:42ZSUNRISE

18:24ZSOLAR NOON

00:07ZSUNSET

00:32ZCIVIL END

CURRENT12:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 47m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:32Z (12h 12m) DAY LENGTH11h 24m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION5% MOONRISE14:26Z MOONSET01:50Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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