// Station · 21m ago

KECS

Mondell Field

CAT VFR

WIND 030° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 30°C / 2°C

ALTIM 29.95 inHg

ELEV 4,174 FT

43.8838°N / 104.3142°W

LOCATION · Newcastle, US

WIND

030°5 kt

KECS · 4,174 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

030°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

30 / 2

ALTIM

29.95"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 030°/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 KECS 290055Z AUTO 03005KT 10SM CLR 30/02 A2995 RMK AO2

KECS · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 030° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 30°C / dewpoint 2°C · altimeter 29.95" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 030° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

030°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

32★ HDG 320° H2 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,310'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

14 HDG 140° T2 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 5,174 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 +23°C

6,900FT

+2,726 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,174 FT OAT+30°C ISA DELTA+23°C PRESSURE ALT4,142 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRWL (Rawlins Municipal Airport/Harvey Field, Rawlins, elev 6,813 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+69%

-48%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+48%

-31%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+28%

-21%

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 LEVEL19,326 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:17ZSUNRISE

19:00ZSOLAR NOON

01:42ZSUNSET

02:12ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING25m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:12Z (55m) DAY LENGTH13h 24m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE01:04Z MOONSET14:29Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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