// Station · 41m ago

KDEN

Denver International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 18,000 ft

T/Td 17.8°C / 12.2°C

ALTIM 30.28 inHg

ELEV 5,431 FT

39.8600°N / 104.6738°W

LOCATION · Denver, US

WIND

280°3 kt

KDEN · 5,431 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN180

LAYERS

BKN180

T / Td

18 / 12

ALTIM

30.28"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 18,000 ft. Light winds at 280°/3 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 18,000 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 KDEN 251153Z 28003KT 10SM BKN180 18/12 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP183 70010 T01780122 10206 20150 51008

KDEN · day 25 at 11:53 UTC · wind from 280° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 18,000 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.28" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

280°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 12 ends

16R HDG 160° —CALM —— 16,000'

34L HDG 340° —CALM —— 16,000'

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 12,000'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 12,000'

08 HDG 080° —CALM —— 12,000'

26 HDG 260° —CALM —— 12,000'

16L HDG 160° —CALM —— 12,000'

34R HDG 340° —CALM —— 12,000'

17L HDG 170° —CALM —— 12,000'

35R HDG 350° —CALM —— 12,000'

17R HDG 170° —CALM —— 12,000'

35L HDG 350° —CALM —— 12,000'

Pattern altitude: 6,431 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 +13°C

6,600FT

+1,169 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,431 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT5,068 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KHDN (Yampa Valley Airport, Hayden, elev 6,606 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+66%

-46%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+46%

-30%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+26%

-20%

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)

BKN180

Broken · base 18,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING18,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER18,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL14,421 ft VFR MARGIN+15,000 ft

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

12:21ZSUNRISE

19:02ZSOLAR NOON

01:43ZSUNSET

02:11ZCIVIL END

CURRENT12:34Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 08m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:11Z (13h 36m) DAY LENGTH13h 21m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE22:16Z MOONSET11:38Z FULL MOON IN3 days

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