// Station · 36m ago

KDDC

Dodge City Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 16 kt G24

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 26.1°C / 16.7°C

ALTIM 29.82 inHg

ELEV 2,594 FT

37.7634°N / 99.9656°W

LOCATION · Dodge City, US

WIND

170°16 kt

KDDC · 2,594 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/16G24

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 17

ALTIM

29.82"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 170°/16 kt, gusting 24. Visibility 9.0 SM 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 KDDC 130152Z AUTO 17016G24KT 9SM CLR 26/17 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP068 T02610167

KDDC · day 13 at 01:52 UTC · wind from 170° at 16 kt, gusts to 24 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.82" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1006.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 16 ktG24

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

170°16G24 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

20★ HDG 200° H14 kt X8 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,649'

14 HDG 140° H14 kt X8 kt RIGHT 6,899'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

02 HDG 020° T14 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

32 HDG 320° T14 kt X8 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 3,594 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

4,700FT

+2,106 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,594 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT2,692 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAKO (Colorado Plains Regional Airport, Akron, elev 4,714 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+47%

-33%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+33%

-21%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+19%

-14%

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 LEVEL15,776 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:46ZSUNRISE

18:27ZSOLAR NOON

00:08ZSUNSET

00:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:28Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:34Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 22m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:10Z MOONSET01:32Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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