// Station · 3m ago

KEED

Needles Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 11 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 8,000 ft

T/Td 21.7°C / 10°C

ALTIM 29.81 inHg

ELEV 983 FT

34.7663°N / 114.6230°W

LOCATION · Needles, US

WIND

190°11 kt

KEED · 983 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/11

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN080

LAYERS

BKN080 OVC100

T / Td

22 / 10

ALTIM

29.81"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,000 ft. Moderate winds at 190°/11 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 8,000 ft, and overcast 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 KEED 130156Z AUTO 19011KT 10SM BKN080 OVC100 22/10 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP076 T02170100

KEED · day 13 at 01:56 UTC · wind from 190° at 11 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 8,000 ft · overcast at 10,000 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.81" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1007.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 11 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

190°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

20★ HDG 200° H11 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,235'

11 HDG 110° H2 kt X11 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

29 HDG 290° T2 kt X11 kt LEFT —

02 HDG 020° T11 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,983 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 +9°C

2,200FT

+1,217 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV983 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT1,090 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBNG (Banning Municipal Airport, Banning, elev 2,219 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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)

OVC100

Overcast · base 10,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN080

Broken · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,943 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

13:42ZSUNRISE

19:26ZSOLAR NOON

01:09ZSUNSET

01:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:59Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:34Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 26m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:05Z MOONSET02:32Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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