// Station · 16m ago

KELP

El Paso International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27.2°C / 10°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 3,959 FT

31.8099°N / 106.3756°W

LOCATION · El Paso, US

WIND

240°5 kt

KELP · 3,959 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW080

T / Td

27 / 10

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 240°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 8,000 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 KELP 130051Z 24005KT 10SM FEW080 27/10 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP071 T02720100 $

KELP · day 13 at 00:51 UTC · wind from 240° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 8,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1007.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 5 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

240°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

22★ HDG 220° H5 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 12,020'

26R HDG 260° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT 5,499'

26L HDG 260° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT 9,025'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

04 HDG 040° T5 kt X2 kt LEFT —

08L HDG 080° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

08R HDG 080° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 4,959 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 +20°C

6,300FT

+2,341 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,959 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+20°C PRESSURE ALT3,936 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSAF (Santa Fe Municipal Airport, Santa Fe, elev 6,348 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+63%

-44%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+44%

-28%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+25%

-19%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW080

Few · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL17,696 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:07ZSUNRISE

18:53ZSOLAR NOON

00:38ZSUNSET

01:02ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:02Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 30m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:28Z MOONSET01:59Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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