// Station · 20m ago

KE41

Reagan County Airport

CAT —

WIND 160° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING —

T/Td 27°C / 16.5°C

ALTIM 30.13 inHg

ELEV 2,706 FT

31.1989°N / 101.4730°W

LOCATION · Big Lake, US

WIND

160°5 kt

KE41 · 2,706 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 04Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

27 / 17

ALTIM

30.13"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 160°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles 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 KE41 290455Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM 27/16 A3013 RMK AO2 T02700165

KE41 · day 29 at 04:55 UTC · wind from 160° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 27°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.13" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

160°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

16★ HDG 160° H5 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 5,035'

09 HDG 090° H2 kt X5 kt RIGHT 4,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

27 HDG 270° T2 kt X5 kt LEFT —

34 HDG 340° T5 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 3,706 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 +17°C

4,500FT

+1,794 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,706 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT2,494 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KE38 (Alpine Casparis Municipal Airport, Alpine, elev 4,515 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+45%

-32%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+32%

-20%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+18%

-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 LEVEL16,342 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:20ZSUNRISE

18:48ZSOLAR NOON

01:16ZSUNSET

01:41ZCIVIL END

CURRENT05:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:41Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 55m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE01:16Z MOONSET14:11Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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