// Station · 32m ago

KELP

El Paso International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 040° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26.1°C / 12.8°C

ALTIM 30.10 inHg

ELEV 3,959 FT

31.8099°N / 106.3756°W

LOCATION · El Paso, US

WIND

040°7 kt

KELP · 3,959 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW080 FEW160 FEW250

T / Td

26 / 13

ALTIM

30.10"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 040°/7 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 8,000 ft, a few at 16,000 ft, and a few at 25,000 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 111351Z 04007KT 10SM FEW080 FEW160 FEW250 26/13 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP111 T02610128 $

KELP · day 11 at 13:51 UTC · wind from 040° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 8,000 ft · a few clouds at 16,000 ft · a few clouds at 25,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.10" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 7 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

040°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

04★ HDG 040° H7 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 12,020'

08L HDG 080° H5 kt X4 kt LEFT 5,499'

08R HDG 080° H5 kt X4 kt LEFT 9,025'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

26R HDG 260° T5 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

26L HDG 260° T5 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

22 HDG 220° T7 kt X0 kt — —

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 +19°C

6,000FT

+2,041 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -400 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV3,959 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT3,776 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAEG (Double Eagle II Airport, Albuquerque, elev 5,837 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+60%

-42%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+42%

-27%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+24%

-18%

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW250

Few · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW160

Few · base 16,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW080

Few · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~31% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL17,141 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:09ZSUNRISE

19:12ZSOLAR NOON

02:14ZSUNSET

02:42ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 50m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:42Z (12h 18m) DAY LENGTH14h 05m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE09:33Z MOONSET23:39Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 4 shown · 60 NM radius

KBIF

VFR

Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss) · Fort Bliss/El Paso

WIND: 040° / 5 kt
VIS: 9.0 SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 2 NM N
AGE: 28m ago

MMCS

VFR → MVFR 21Z

Abraham González International Airport · Ciudad Juárez

WIND: 050° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW080
DIST: 11 NM S
AGE: 43m ago

KE35

VFR

Fabens Airport · Fabens

WIND: 080° / 13 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 21 NM SE
AGE: 8m ago

KLRU

VFR

Las Cruces International Airport · Las Cruces

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 40 NM NW
AGE: 8m ago

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