// Station · 14m ago

KDRO

Durango La Plata County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 15.6°C / 5.6°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

ELEV 6,685 FT

37.1515°N / 107.7540°W

LOCATION · Durango, US

WIND

190°6 kt

KDRO · 6,685 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW080 SCT100

T / Td

16 / 6

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 190°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 8,000 ft, and scattered at 10,000 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 KDRO 130053Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM FEW080 SCT100 16/06 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP115 T01560056

KDRO · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 190° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 8,000 ft · scattered layer at 10,000 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

190°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

21★ HDG 210° H6 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,201'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

03 HDG 030° T6 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 7,685 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 +14°C

8,200FT

+1,515 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV6,685 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT6,582 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGNB (Granby Grand County Airport, Granby, elev 8,203 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+82%

-57%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+57%

-37%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+33%

-25%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT100

Scattered · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW080

Few · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,564 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:17ZSUNRISE

18:58ZSOLAR NOON

00:40ZSUNSET

01:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:06Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 22m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:38Z MOONSET02:01Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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