// Station · 22m ago

KF05

Wilbarger County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 37.3°C / 10.3°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 1,265 FT

34.2257°N / 99.2838°W

LOCATION · Vernon, US

WIND

130°5 kt

KF05 · 1,265 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

37 / 10

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 130°/5 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 KF05 290055Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM CLR 37/10 A2997 RMK AO2 T03730103

KF05 · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 130° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 37°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

130°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

16★ HDG 160° H4 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,304'

20 HDG 200° H2 kt X5 kt LEFT 5,099'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

02 HDG 020° T2 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

34 HDG 340° T4 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,265 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 +25°C

4,200FT

+2,935 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,265 FT OAT+37°C ISA DELTA+25°C PRESSURE ALT1,212 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KDHT (Dalhart Municipal Airport, Dalhart, elev 3,991 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+42%

-29%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+29%

-19%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+17%

-13%

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 LEVEL20,103 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:09ZSUNRISE

18:39ZSOLAR NOON

01:10ZSUNSET

01:36ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:36Z (18m) DAY LENGTH13h 01m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:56Z MOONSET13:57Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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