// Station · 16m ago

KEKM

Elkhart Municipal Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 190° / 8 kt

VIS 0.75 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 24.4°C / 13.3°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 778 FT

41.7194°N / 86.0032°W

LOCATION · Elkhart, US

WIND

190°8 kt

KEKM · 778 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/8

VIS

0.75 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

24 / 13

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

LIFR — visibility 0.75 SM. Moderate winds at 190°/8 kt, visibility 0.75 SM, no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KEKM 130215Z AUTO 19008KT 3/4SM HZ CLR 24/13 A2980 RMK AO2 T02440133 $

KEKM · day 13 at 02:15 UTC · wind from 190° at 8 kt · visibility 0.75 SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg · weather: haze (HZ) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 8 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

190°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

18★ HDG 180° H8 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,999'

26 HDG 260° H3 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

27 HDG 270° H1 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

09 HDG 090° T1 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

08 HDG 080° T3 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

36 HDG 360° T8 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,778 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 +11°C

2,200FT

+1,422 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV778 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT896 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBFD (Bradford Regional Airport, Bradford, elev 2,143 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 · 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 LEVEL13,101 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:53ZSUNRISE

17:31ZSOLAR NOON

23:09ZSUNSET

23:37ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:31Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:37Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 15m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:17Z MOONSET00:33Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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