// Station · 21m ago

KC24

Mineral County Memorial Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 080° / 5 kt

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 17.1°C / 8.5°C

ALTIM 30.49 inHg

ELEV 8,680 FT

37.8220°N / 106.9303°W

LOCATION · Creede, US

WIND

080°5 kt

KC24 · 8,680 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

080°/5

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW170

T / Td

17 / 9

ALTIM

30.49"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 080°/5 kt. Visibility 9.0 SM and a few at 17,000 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 KC24 290055Z AUTO 08005KT 9SM FEW170 17/08 A3049 RMK AO2 T01710085

KC24 · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 080° at 5 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · a few clouds at 17,000 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.49" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 080° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

080°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

07★ HDG 070° H5 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,880'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

25 HDG 250° T5 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 9,680 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 +18°C

10,300FT

+1,620 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV8,680 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT8,107 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 DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+103%

-72%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+72%

-46%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+41%

-31%

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)

FEW170

Few · base 17,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER17,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL17,316 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:35ZSUNRISE

19:10ZSOLAR NOON

01:45ZSUNSET

02:12ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING28m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:12Z (55m) DAY LENGTH13h 09m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE01:22Z MOONSET14:32Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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