// Station · 13m ago

KCNM

Cavern City Air Terminal

CAT VFR

WIND 340° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 8,500 ft

T/Td 29.4°C / 15.6°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

ELEV 3,295 FT

32.3375°N / 104.2630°W

LOCATION · Carlsbad, US

WIND

340°6 kt

KCNM · 3,295 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC085

LAYERS

OVC085

T / Td

29 / 16

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,500 ft. Light winds at 340°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 8,500 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 KCNM 130053Z AUTO 34006KT 10SM OVC085 29/16 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP070 T02940156

KCNM · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 340° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 8,500 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1007.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 6 kt

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

340°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

32R★ HDG 320° H6 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,616'

32L HDG 320° H6 kt X2 kt RIGHT 5,837'

03 HDG 030° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT 7,854'

26 HDG 260° H1 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

08 HDG 080° T1 kt X6 kt LEFT —

21 HDG 210° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

14L HDG 140° T6 kt X2 kt LEFT —

14R HDG 140° T6 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 4,295 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 +21°C

5,800FT

+2,505 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,295 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+21°C PRESSURE ALT3,313 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAEG (Double Eagle II Airport, Albuquerque, elev 5,837 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+58%

-41%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+41%

-26%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+23%

-17%

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)

OVC085

Overcast · base 8,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL18,143 ft VFR MARGIN+5,500 ft

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

12:59ZSUNRISE

18:44ZSOLAR NOON

00:29ZSUNSET

00:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:54Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 30m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:20Z MOONSET01:50Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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