// Station · 9m ago

KCEZ

Cortez Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 27.2°C / 6.7°C

ALTIM 30.37 inHg

ELEV 5,918 FT

37.3030°N / 108.6280°W

LOCATION · Cortez, US

WIND

190°5 kt

KCEZ · 5,918 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

27 / 7

ALTIM

30.37"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 190°/5 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 KCEZ 251653Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM CLR 27/07 A3037 RMK AO2 SLP199 T02720067

KCEZ · day 25 at 16:53 UTC · wind from 190° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 27°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 30.37" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

190°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

21★ HDG 210° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,205'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

03 HDG 030° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 6,918 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

8,200FT

+2,282 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,918 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+23°C PRESSURE ALT5,466 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGNB (Granby Grand County Airport, Granby, elev 8,203 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+82%

-57%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+57%

-37%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+33%

-25%

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 LEVEL19,655 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:40ZSUNRISE

19:18ZSOLAR NOON

01:55ZSUNSET

02:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 53m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:22Z (9h 20m) DAY LENGTH13h 14m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:44Z MOONSET11:59Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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