⚠ HARD STALEKEKY hasn't reported a new METAR in 70h 34m.
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MVFR — visibility 4.0 SM. Brisk winds at 050°/16 kt, gusting 23, visibility 4.0 SM, a few at 4,200 ft, broken at 6,000 ft, and overcast at 7,000 ft. Reported weather: rain and mist (RA BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.
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SOURCES · NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (TAF loading…)
METAR KEKY 100356Z AUTO 05016G23KT 4SM RA BR FEW042 BKN060 OVC070 16/16 A2999 RMK AO2 PRESFR SLP129 T01610156 PNO $
KEKY · day 10 at 03:56 UTC · wind from 050° at 16 kt, gusts to 23 kt · visibility 4.0 SM · a few clouds at 4,200 ft · broken layer at 6,000 ft · overcast at 7,000 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.99" Hg · weather: rain and mist (RA BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.9 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 050° @ 16 ktG23
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
WIND
050°16G23 kt
HEADWINDCAUTION · HIGH XWAVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS1 usable
05★HDG 050°H16 ktX0 kt—PRIMARY · 6,007'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID1 ends
23HDG 230°T16 ktX0 kt——
Pattern altitude: 1,700 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 +2°C
900FT
+200 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURSloading…
FIELD ELEV700 FTOAT+16°CISA DELTA+2°CPRESSURE ALT626 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at K4A9
(Isbell Field, Fort Payne, elev 877 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impactMINOR
TAKEOFF ROLLCLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+9%
-6%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+6%
-4%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+4%
-3%
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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
OVC070
Overcast · base 7,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas
BKN060
Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas
FEW042
Few · base 4,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas
// Computed
CEILING6,000 ft AGLHIGHEST LAYER7,000 ftTOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast)FREEZING LEVEL8,831 ftVFR MARGIN+3,000 ft
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)
11:50ZSUNRISE
17:35ZSOLAR NOON
23:19ZSUNSET
23:44ZCIVIL END
CURRENT02:30ZDAYLIGHT REMAINING0mVFR NIGHT BEGINS23:44Z (past)DAY LENGTH11h 28m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION3%MOONRISE13:14ZMOONSET00:43ZFULL MOON IN13 days
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