// Station · 14m ago

KECU

Edwards County Airport

CAT —

WIND 150° / 18 kt G23

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING —

T/Td 25°C / 22°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 2,372 FT

29.9469°N / 100.1740°W

LOCATION · Rocksprings, US

WIND

150°18 kt

KECU · 2,372 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/18G23

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

25 / 22

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 150°/18 kt, gusting 23. 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 KECU 130615Z AUTO 15018G23KT 10SM 25/22 A3003 RMK AO2

KECU · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · wind from 150° at 18 kt, gusts to 23 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 25°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 18 ktG23

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

150°18G23 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

14★ HDG 140° H18 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,050'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

32 HDG 320° T18 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 3,372 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

4,000FT

+1,628 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,372 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT2,260 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KDHT (Dalhart Municipal Airport, Dalhart, elev 3,991 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+40%

-28%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+28%

-18%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+16%

-12%

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 LEVEL14,998 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:41ZSUNRISE

18:28ZSOLAR NOON

00:14ZSUNSET

00:38ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:29Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:38Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 33m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE14:13Z MOONSET01:46Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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