// Station · 48m ago

KAXS

Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 36°C / 12°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

ELEV 1,433 FT

34.6979°N / 99.3385°W

LOCATION · Altus, US

WIND

120°10 kt

KAXS · 1,433 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

36 / 12

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 120°/10 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 290028Z AUTO 12010KT 10SM CLR 36/12 A2998 RMK AO2

KAXS · day 29 at 00:28 UTC · wind from 120° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 36°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

120°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

17★ HDG 170° H6 kt X8 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,501'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

35 HDG 350° T6 kt X8 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 +24°C

4,200FT

+2,767 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,433 FT OAT+36°C ISA DELTA+24°C PRESSURE ALT1,371 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCVN (Clovis Municipal Airport, Clovis, elev 4,216 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+42%

-29%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+29%

-19%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+17%

-13%

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 LEVEL19,615 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:08ZSUNRISE

18:40ZSOLAR NOON

01:11ZSUNSET

01:37ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:37Z (20m) DAY LENGTH13h 02m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:55Z MOONSET13:58Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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