// Station · 24m ago

KCAO

Clayton Municipal Airpark

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 27.8°C / 11.1°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 4,965 FT

36.4462°N / 103.1670°W

LOCATION · Clayton, US

WIND

150°8 kt

KCAO · 4,965 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

28 / 11

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 150°/8 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 KCAO 290055Z AUTO 15008KT 10SM CLR 28/11 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP131 T02780111 $

KCAO · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 150° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

150°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

12★ HDG 120° H7 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,105'

20 HDG 200° H5 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 75%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

02 HDG 020° T5 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

30 HDG 300° T7 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 5,965 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 +22°C

7,400FT

+2,435 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,965 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+22°C PRESSURE ALT4,761 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLAM (Los Alamos Airport, Los Alamos, elev 7,171 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+74%

-52%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+52%

-33%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+30%

-22%

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 LEVEL19,005 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:22ZSUNRISE

18:55ZSOLAR NOON

01:28ZSUNSET

01:55ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:55Z (36m) DAY LENGTH13h 06m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE01:09Z MOONSET14:15Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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