// Station · 26m ago

KAZO

Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 4 kt

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 22.2°C / 14.4°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 874 FT

42.2321°N / 85.5496°W

LOCATION · Kalamazoo, US

WIND

VRB4 kt

KAZO · 874 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/4

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT030

T / Td

22 / 14

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/4 kt. Visibility 9.0 SM and scattered at 3,000 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 KAZO 251553Z VRB04KT 9SM SCT030 22/14 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP208 T02220144

KAZO · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind variable at 4 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · scattered layer at 3,000 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1020.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 6 ends

17 HDG 170° —CALM —— 6,502'

35 HDG 350° —CALM —— 6,502'

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 3,438'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 3,438'

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 2,800'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 2,800'

Pattern altitude: 1,874 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 +8°C

1,700FT

+826 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV874 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT641 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGLR (Gaylord Regional Airport, Gaylord, elev 1,328 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT030

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

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL12,086 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:01ZSUNRISE

17:45ZSOLAR NOON

00:30ZSUNSET

00:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 10m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:59Z (8h 39m) DAY LENGTH13h 28m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:04Z MOONSET10:32Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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