// Station · 4m ago

KC08

Silver West Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 14 kt G27

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 6,000 ft

T/Td 10°C / 2°C

ALTIM 30.07 inHg

ELEV 8,290 FT

38.0132°N / 105.3743°W

LOCATION · Westcliffe, US

WIND

190°14 kt

KC08 · 8,290 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/14G27

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN060

LAYERS

BKN060 OVC075

T / Td

10 / 2

ALTIM

30.07"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Brisk winds at 190°/14 kt, gusting 27, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 6,000 ft, and overcast at 7,500 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 KC08 131215Z AUTO 19014G27KT 10SM BKN060 OVC075 10/02 A3007 RMK AO2

KC08 · day 13 at 12:15 UTC · wind from 190° at 14 kt, gusts to 27 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 6,000 ft · overcast at 7,500 ft · temp 10°C / dewpoint 2°C · altimeter 30.07" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 14 ktG27

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

190°14G27 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

13★ HDG 130° H7 kt X12 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,954'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

31 HDG 310° T7 kt X12 kt LEFT —

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 +11°C

9,500FT

+1,210 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV8,290 FT OAT+10°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT8,137 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLXV (Lake County Airport, Leadville, elev 9,927 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+95%

-67%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+67%

-43%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+38%

-29%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC075

Overcast · base 7,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN060

Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL13,341 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

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

13:09ZSUNRISE

18:48ZSOLAR NOON

00:28ZSUNSET

00:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT12:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 08m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:54Z (12h 35m) DAY LENGTH11h 19m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION5% MOONRISE14:53Z MOONSET02:12Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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