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// Station · 2m ago

KEKN

Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING BKN at 4,000 ft
T/Td 20°C / 19.4°C
ALTIM 30.03 inHg
ELEV 1,987 FT
38.8898°N / 79.8577°W
LOCATION · Elkins, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
KEKN · 1,987 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 10Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
BKN040
 
 
 
LAYERS
SCT023 SCT032 BKN040
 
 
 
T / Td
20 / 19
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.03"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 2,300 ft, scattered at 3,200 ft, and broken at 4,000 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 KEKN 271051Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT023 SCT032 BKN040 20/19 A3003 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE RAE09 TSB0954E09B19E34 SLP160 P0003 T02000194 $

KEKN · day 27 at 10:51 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 2,300 ft · scattered layer at 3,200 ft · broken layer at 4,000 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends
14 HDG 140° CALM 4,544'
32 HDG 320° CALM 4,544'
05 HDG 050° CALM 4,501'
23 HDG 230° CALM 4,501'
Pattern altitude: 2,987 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

2,900FT
+913 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +400 FT
3,700 3,000 2,300
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV1,987 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT1,875 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBLF (Mercer County Airport, Bluefield, elev 2,857 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+29%
-20%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+20%
-13%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+12%
-9%

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.

// Cloud layers · 3 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 12,088 FT SCT023 SCT032 BKN040 · CEILING KEKN ELEV · 1,987 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
BKN040
Broken · base 4,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas
SCT032
Scattered · base 3,200 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas
SCT023
Scattered · base 2,300 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas
// Computed
CEILING4,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,088 ft VFR MARGIN+1,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

09:59ZSUNRISE
17:18ZSOLAR NOON
00:36ZSUNSET
01:07ZCIVIL END
CURRENT10:53Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 42m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:07Z (14h 13m) DAY LENGTH14h 36m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE18:42Z MOONSET09:19Z FULL MOON IN4 days

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