// Station · 24m ago

KEQA

Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 130° / 4 kt

VIS 4.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 31°C / 12°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 1,378 FT

37.7741°N / 96.8176°W

LOCATION · El Dorado, US

WIND

130°4 kt

KEQA · 1,378 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/4

VIS

4.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

31 / 12

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 4.0 SM. Light winds at 130°/4 kt, visibility 4.0 SM, no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. 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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KEQA 290055Z AUTO 13004KT 4SM HZ CLR 31/12 A3002 RMK AO2

KEQA · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 130° at 4 kt · visibility 4.0 SM · temp 31°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · weather: haze (HZ) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

130°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 4,204'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 4,204'

15 HDG 150° —CALM —— 4,200'

33 HDG 330° —CALM —— 4,200'

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 +19°C

3,500FT

+2,122 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,378 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT1,275 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSYF (Cheyenne County Municipal Airport, St Francis, elev 3,413 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+35%

-25%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+25%

-16%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+14%

-11%

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 LEVEL17,035 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:55ZSUNRISE

18:30ZSOLAR NOON

01:04ZSUNSET

01:31ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:31Z (12m) DAY LENGTH13h 09m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:42Z MOONSET13:51Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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