// Station · 33m ago

KFCS

Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 6 kt

VIS 7.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 19.6°C / 4°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 5,838 FT

38.6784°N / 104.7570°W

LOCATION · Fort Carson, US

WIND

200°6 kt

KFCS · 5,838 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/6

VIS

7.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

20 / 4

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 200°/6 kt. Visibility 7.0 SM 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 KFCS 130155Z 20006KT 7SM CLR 20/04 A2994 RMK AO2A SLPNO WND DATA ESTMD ALSTG ESTMD T01960040

KFCS · day 13 at 01:55 UTC · wind from 200° at 6 kt · visibility 7.0 SM · temp 20°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

200°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

13★ HDG 130° H2 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

31 HDG 310° T2 kt X6 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 6,838 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 +16°C

7,700FT

+1,862 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,838 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT5,815 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGUC (Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport, Gunnison, elev 7,680 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+77%

-54%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+54%

-35%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+31%

-23%

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 LEVEL15,737 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:06ZSUNRISE

18:46ZSOLAR NOON

00:26ZSUNSET

00:53ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:28Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:53Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 20m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:30Z MOONSET01:50Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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