// Station · 24m ago

KCAR

Caribou Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 5,000 ft

T/Td 21.1°C / 12.8°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

ELEV 626 FT

46.8715°N / 68.0179°W

LOCATION · Caribou, US

WIND

250°7 kt

KCAR · 626 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN050

LAYERS

FEW036 SCT044 BKN050

T / Td

21 / 13

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,000 ft. Light winds at 250°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 3,600 ft, scattered at 4,400 ft, and broken at 5,000 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 KCAR 251554Z AUTO 25007KT 10SM FEW036 SCT044 BKN050 21/13 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP127 T02110128

KCAR · day 25 at 15:54 UTC · wind from 250° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 3,600 ft · scattered layer at 4,400 ft · broken layer at 5,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

250°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

29★ HDG 290° H5 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,016'

19 HDG 190° H4 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 86%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

01 HDG 010° T4 kt X6 kt LEFT —

11 HDG 110° T5 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,626 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 +7°C

1,500FT

+874 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV626 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT644 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K3B1 (Greenville Municipal Airport, Greenville, elev 1,401 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN050

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

SCT044

Scattered · base 4,400 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW036

Few · base 3,600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,283 ft VFR MARGIN+2,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

09:43ZSUNRISE

16:35ZSOLAR NOON

23:27ZSUNSET

23:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 09m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:59Z (7h 41m) DAY LENGTH13h 43m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE19:46Z MOONSET09:30Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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