// Station · 14m ago

KCKP

Cherokee County Regional Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 310° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 1,800 ft

T/Td 12°C / 9°C

ALTIM 29.89 inHg

ELEV 1,227 FT

42.7317°N / 95.5559°W

LOCATION · Cherokee, US

WIND

310°6 kt

KCKP · 1,227 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC018

LAYERS

OVC018

T / Td

12 / 9

ALTIM

29.89"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,800 ft. Light winds at 310°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 1,800 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KCKP 130615Z AUTO 31006KT 10SM OVC018 12/09 A2989 RMK AO2

KCKP · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · wind from 310° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 1,800 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.89" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

310°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

36★ HDG 360° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,001'

01 HDG 010° H3 kt X5 kt LEFT 1,941'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

19 HDG 190° T3 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

18 HDG 180° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,227 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 -1°C

1,200FT

-27 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,227 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT1,254 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLRJ (Le Mars Municipal Airport, Le Mars, elev 1,197 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

OVC018

Overcast · base 1,800 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL7,288 ft VFR MARGIN-1,200 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

12:34ZSUNRISE

18:09ZSOLAR NOON

23:45ZSUNSET

00:13ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:29Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 15m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:13Z (17h 43m) DAY LENGTH11h 10m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE14:06Z MOONSET01:17Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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