// Station · 20m ago

KCUT

Custer County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 10 kt G18

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,800 ft

T/Td 21.1°C / 10.6°C

ALTIM 29.89 inHg

ELEV 5,602 FT

43.7333°N / 103.6180°W

LOCATION · Custer, US

WIND

140°10 kt

KCUT · 5,602 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/10G18

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN038

LAYERS

BKN038 BKN044 BKN050

T / Td

21 / 11

ALTIM

29.89"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,800 ft. Moderate winds at 140°/10 kt, gusting 18, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 3,800 ft, broken at 4,400 ft, and broken at 5,000 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 KCUT 301953Z AUTO 14010G18KT 10SM BKN038 BKN044 BKN050 21/11 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP060 T02110106

KCUT · day 30 at 19:53 UTC · wind from 140° at 10 kt, gusts to 18 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 3,800 ft · broken layer at 4,400 ft · broken layer at 5,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.89" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1006.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 10 ktG18

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

140°10G18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

08★ HDG 080° H5 kt X9 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

26 HDG 260° T5 kt X9 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 6,602 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

7,700FT

+2,098 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV5,602 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT5,629 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGUC (Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport, Gunnison, elev 7,680 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+77%

-54%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+54%

-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN050

Broken · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN044

Broken · base 4,400 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN038

Broken · base 3,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL16,259 ft VFR MARGIN+800 ft

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

11:18ZSUNRISE

18:53ZSOLAR NOON

02:28ZSUNSET

03:03ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 15m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:03Z (6h 50m) DAY LENGTH15h 10m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION100% MOONRISE22:46Z MOONSET13:56Z FULL MOON IN1 day

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of KCUT.

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