// Station · 18m ago

KEQA

Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 25°C / 18°C

ALTIM 29.87 inHg

ELEV 1,378 FT

37.7741°N / 96.8176°W

LOCATION · El Dorado, US

WIND

190°8 kt

KEQA · 1,378 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

25 / 18

ALTIM

29.87"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 190°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 KEQA 130615Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM CLR 25/18 A2987 RMK AO2

KEQA · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · wind from 190° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 25°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.87" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

190°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

22★ HDG 220° H7 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,204'

15 HDG 150° H6 kt X5 kt RIGHT 4,200'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

33 HDG 330° T6 kt X5 kt LEFT —

04 HDG 040° T7 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,378 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 +13°C

3,000FT

+1,622 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,378 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT1,425 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KADT (Atwood-Rawlins City-County Airport, Atwood, elev 2,991 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+30%

-21%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+21%

-14%

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. 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 LEVEL14,004 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:34ZSUNRISE

18:14ZSOLAR NOON

23:54ZSUNSET

00:20ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:33Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 21m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:20Z (17h 47m) DAY LENGTH11h 19m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE14:06Z MOONSET01:26Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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