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// Station · 20m ago

KD73

Monroe Walton County Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING BKN at 3,900 ft
T/Td 28.8°C / 20°C
ALTIM 29.90 inHg
ELEV 875 FT
33.7824°N / 83.6929°W
LOCATION · Monroe, US
N
WIND
calm
KD73 · 875 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 19Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
BKN039
 
 
 
LAYERS
BKN039 BKN046
 
 
 
T / Td
29 / 20
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.90"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,900 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 3,900 ft, and broken at 4,600 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 KD73 301955Z AUTO 10SM BKN039 BKN046 29/20 A2990 RMK AO2 T02880200

KD73 · day 30 at 19:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 3,900 ft · broken layer at 4,600 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
CALMcalm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
03 HDG 030° CALM 4,112'
21 HDG 210° CALM 4,112'
Pattern altitude: 1,875 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 +16°C

2,800FT
+1,925 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +700 FT
3,000 2,450 1,900
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV875 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT893 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K24A (Jackson County Airport, Sylva, elev 2,857 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+28%
-20%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+20%
-13%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+11%
-8%

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 · 15,420 FT BKN039 · CEILING BKN046 KD73 ELEV · 875 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
BKN046
Broken · base 4,600 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas
BKN039
Broken · base 3,900 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas
// Computed
CEILING3,900 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL15,420 ft VFR MARGIN+900 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

10:27ZSUNRISE
17:33ZSOLAR NOON
00:40ZSUNSET
01:08ZCIVIL END
CURRENT20:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 24m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:08Z (4h 53m) DAY LENGTH14h 13m
Full Moon
ILLUMINATION100% MOONRISE21:55Z MOONSET12:08Z FULL MOON IN1 day

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