// Station · 11m ago

KCYS

Cheyenne Regional Jerry Olson Field

CAT VFR

WIND 010° / 12 kt G24

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 13.3°C / 7.8°C

ALTIM 29.92 inHg

ELEV 6,159 FT

41.1557°N / 104.8120°W

LOCATION · Cheyenne, US

WIND

010°12 kt

KCYS · 6,159 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

010°/12G24

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT110

T / Td

13 / 8

ALTIM

29.92"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 010°/12 kt, gusting 24. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 11,000 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 KCYS 130053Z 01012G24KT 10SM SCT110 13/08 A2992 RMK AO2 PK WND 04027/0027 SLP074 T01330078

KCYS · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 010° at 12 kt, gusts to 24 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 11,000 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.92" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1007.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 010° @ 12 ktG24

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

010°12G24 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

31★ HDG 310° H6 kt X10 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,690'

09 HDG 090° H2 kt X12 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 50%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

27 HDG 270° T2 kt X12 kt RIGHT —

13 HDG 130° T6 kt X10 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 7,159 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 +10°C

7,400FT

+1,241 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV6,159 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT6,156 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KEMM (Kemmerer Municipal Airport, Kemmerer, elev 7,285 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+74%

-52%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+52%

-33%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+30%

-22%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT110

Scattered · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL12,876 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:08ZSUNRISE

18:46ZSOLAR NOON

00:25ZSUNSET

00:52ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:52Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 16m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:29Z MOONSET01:46Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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