// Station · 20m ago

KERY

Luce County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 4,800 ft

T/Td 16°C / 14°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 869 FT

46.3112°N / 85.4573°W

LOCATION · Newberry, US

WIND

160°5 kt

KERY · 869 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN048

LAYERS

BKN048 BKN055 OVC065

T / Td

16 / 14

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,800 ft. Light winds at 160°/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 4,800 ft, broken at 5,500 ft, and overcast at 6,500 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 KERY 290055Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM BKN048 BKN055 OVC065 16/14 A3009 RMK AO2

KERY · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 160° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 4,800 ft · broken layer at 5,500 ft · overcast at 6,500 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

160°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

22★ HDG 220° H3 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 2,856'

11 HDG 110° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT 4,304'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

04 HDG 040° T2 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

29 HDG 290° T3 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,869 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

1,000FT

+131 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV869 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT698 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KJXN (Jackson County Airport/Reynolds Field, Jackson, elev 1,001 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+10%

-7%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+7%

-5%

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)

OVC065

Overcast · base 6,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN055

Broken · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN048

Broken · base 4,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING4,800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL8,950 ft VFR MARGIN+1,800 ft

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

10:58ZSUNRISE

17:44ZSOLAR NOON

00:30ZSUNSET

01:02ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:02Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 32m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:45Z MOONSET13:17Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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