// Station · 6m ago

KCOS

City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 360° / 11 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27.2°C / 9.4°C

ALTIM 30.37 inHg

ELEV 6,187 FT

38.8058°N / 104.7010°W

LOCATION · Colorado Springs, US

WIND

360°11 kt

KCOS · 6,187 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

360°/11

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW100 SCT200

T / Td

27 / 9

ALTIM

30.37"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 360°/11 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 10,000 ft, and scattered at 20,000 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 251654Z 36011KT 10SM FEW100 SCT200 27/09 A3037 RMK AO2 SLP194 T02720094

KCOS · day 25 at 16:54 UTC · wind from 360° at 11 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 10,000 ft · scattered layer at 20,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.37" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 360° @ 11 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

360°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

35R★ HDG 350° H11 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 13,500'

35L HDG 350° H11 kt X2 kt RIGHT 11,022'

30 HDG 300° H6 kt X10 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 91%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

12 HDG 120° T6 kt X10 kt LEFT —

17L HDG 170° T11 kt X2 kt LEFT —

17R HDG 170° T11 kt X2 kt LEFT —

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 +24°C

8,600FT

+2,413 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV6,187 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+24°C PRESSURE ALT5,735 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KC24 (Mineral County Memorial Airport, Creede, elev 8,680 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+86%

-60%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+60%

-39%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+34%

-26%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT200

Scattered · base 20,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW100

Few · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER20,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL19,924 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:22ZSUNRISE

19:02ZSOLAR NOON

01:41ZSUNSET

02:09ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:00Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 41m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:09Z (9h 08m) DAY LENGTH13h 18m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:26Z MOONSET11:45Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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