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// 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
N
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
N
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
9,600 8,100 6,600
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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 16,288 FT FEW020 FEW120 KCOS ELEV · 6,187 FT
// 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

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