// Station · 21m ago

KC08

Silver West Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 15 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 23°C / 1°C

ALTIM 30.40 inHg

ELEV 8,290 FT

38.0132°N / 105.3743°W

LOCATION · Westcliffe, US

WIND

240°15 kt

KC08 · 8,290 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/15

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

23 / 1

ALTIM

30.40"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 240°/15 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 KC08 290055Z AUTO 24015KT 10SM CLR 23/01 A3040 RMK AO2

KC08 · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 240° at 15 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 23°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 30.40" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 15 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

240°15 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

31★ HDG 310° H5 kt X14 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,954'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

13 HDG 130° T5 kt X14 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 9,290 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 +23°C

10,600FT

+2,310 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV8,290 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+23°C PRESSURE ALT7,809 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 10,600 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,310 ft above KC08's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+106%

-74%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+74%

-48%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+42%

-32%

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 LEVEL19,906 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:29ZSUNRISE

19:04ZSOLAR NOON

01:39ZSUNSET

02:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING23m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:06Z (50m) DAY LENGTH13h 09m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE01:16Z MOONSET14:26Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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