// Station · 28m ago

KCSM

Clinton Sherman Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 28.9°C / 11.7°C

ALTIM 30.05 inHg

ELEV 1,922 FT

35.3398°N / 99.2005°W

LOCATION · Clinton, US

WIND

160°5 kt

KCSM · 1,922 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

29 / 12

ALTIM

30.05"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 160°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 KCSM 290253Z 16005KT 10SM CLR 29/12 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02890117 53012

KCSM · day 29 at 02:53 UTC · wind from 160° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 29°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.05" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

160°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17L★ HDG 170° H5 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,193'

17R HDG 170° H5 kt X1 kt LEFT 13,503'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

35R HDG 350° T5 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

35L HDG 350° T5 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,922 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

3,900FT

+1,978 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,922 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT1,789 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KDHT (Dalhart Municipal Airport, Dalhart, elev 3,991 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+39%

-27%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+27%

-18%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+16%

-12%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL16,518 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:07ZSUNRISE

18:39ZSOLAR NOON

01:11ZSUNSET

01:37ZCIVIL END

CURRENT03:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:37Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 03m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:58Z MOONSET14:02Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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