// Station · 12m ago

KESF

Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 6.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 24.4°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 112 FT

31.3943°N / 92.2941°W

LOCATION · Alexandria, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KESF · 112 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

6.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW060

T / Td

25 / 24

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility 6.0 SM and a few at 6,000 ft. Reported weather: mist (BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. 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 KESF 251353Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR FEW060 25/24 A3006 RMK AO2 RAB08E33 SLP176 P0001 T02500244

KESF · day 25 at 13:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6.0 SM · a few clouds at 6,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg · weather: mist (BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 5,998'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 5,998'

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 5,600'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 5,600'

Pattern altitude: 1,112 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 +10°C

1,200FT

+1,088 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV112 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT-30 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSLG (Smith Field, Siloam Springs, elev 1,191 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

FEW060

Few · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,738 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:42ZSUNRISE

18:12ZSOLAR NOON

00:43ZSUNSET

01:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 37m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:08Z (11h 02m) DAY LENGTH13h 01m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE21:40Z MOONSET10:41Z FULL MOON IN3 days

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