// Station · 14m ago

KECS

Mondell Field

CAT VFR

WIND 320° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,500 ft

T/Td 4°C / 1°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

WX RA

ELEV 4,174 FT

43.8838°N / 104.3142°W

LOCATION · Newcastle, US

WIND

320°3 kt

KECS · 4,174 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN075

LAYERS

BKN075 OVC085

T / Td

4 / 1

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,500 ft. Light winds at 320°/3 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 7,500 ft, and overcast at 8,500 ft. Reported weather: rain (RA). 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 130615Z AUTO 32003KT 10SM RA BKN075 OVC085 04/01 A3001 RMK AO2

KECS · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · wind from 320° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 7,500 ft · overcast at 8,500 ft · temp 4°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · weather: rain (RA) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

320°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 5,310'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 5,310'

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 -3°C

3,700FT

-474 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,174 FT OAT+4°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT4,083 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGEY (South Big Horn County Airport, Greybull, elev 3,939 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+37%

-26%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+26%

-17%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+15%

-11%

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)

OVC085

Overcast · base 8,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN075

Broken · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,194 ft VFR MARGIN+4,500 ft

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

13:09ZSUNRISE

18:44ZSOLAR NOON

00:20ZSUNSET

00:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:29Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:49Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 11m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE14:40Z MOONSET01:52Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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