// Station · 17m ago

KCOS

City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 330° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 20°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.28 inHg

ELEV 6,187 FT

38.8058°N / 104.7010°W

LOCATION · Colorado Springs, US

WIND

330°3 kt

KCOS · 6,187 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

330°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020 FEW120

T / Td

20 / 10

ALTIM

30.28"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 330°/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 2,000 ft, and a few at 12,000 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 KCOS 111354Z 33003KT 10SM FEW020 FEW120 20/10 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP169 FU FEW020 T02000100 $

KCOS · day 11 at 13:54 UTC · wind from 330° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · a few clouds at 12,000 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.28" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 330° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

330°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 6 ends

17L HDG 170° —CALM —— 13,500'

35R HDG 350° —CALM —— 13,500'

17R HDG 170° —CALM —— 11,022'

35L HDG 350° —CALM —— 11,022'

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 8,272'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 8,272'

Pattern altitude: 7,187 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 +17°C

7,800FT

+1,613 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV6,187 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT5,824 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KASE (Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field), Aspen, elev 7,820 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+78%

-55%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+55%

-35%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+31%

-23%

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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW120

Few · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL16,288 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:44ZSUNRISE

19:05ZSOLAR NOON

02:26ZSUNSET

02:57ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 15m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:57Z (12h 46m) DAY LENGTH14h 42m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE09:08Z MOONSET23:50Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

KFCS

VFR

Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field · Fort Carson

WIND: 330° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 8 NM S
AGE: 1h 16m ago

KAFF

VFR

USAF Academy Airfield · Colorado Springs

WIND: 190° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 11 NM NW
AGE: 16m ago

K1V6

VFR

Fremont County Airport · Penrose

WIND: 290° / 15 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 30 NM SW
AGE: 16m ago

KPUB

VFR

Pueblo Memorial Airport · Pueblo

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 32 NM S
AGE: 18m ago

KAPA

VFR

Centennial Airport · Denver

WIND: 240° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW110
DIST: 46 NM N
AGE: 18m ago

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