// Station · 25m ago

KFKR

Frankfort Clinton County Regional Airport

CAT —

WIND 210° / 8 kt G13

VIS —

CEILING CLR

T/Td 20°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.87 inHg

ELEV 861 FT

40.2734°N / 86.5622°W

LOCATION · Frankfort, US

WIND

210°8 kt

KFKR · 861 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/8G13

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

20 / 15

ALTIM

29.87"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 210°/8 kt, gusting 13. Visibility unreported 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 KFKR 131155Z AUTO 21008G13KT CLR 20/15 A2987 RMK AO2 PWINO

KFKR · day 13 at 11:55 UTC · wind from 210° at 8 kt, gusts to 13 kt · temp 20°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.87" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 8 ktG13

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

210°8G13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

22★ HDG 220° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 2,527'

27 HDG 270° H4 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 54%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

09 HDG 090° T4 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

04 HDG 040° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,861 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 +7°C

1,700FT

+839 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV861 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT908 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K6L4 (Logan County Airport, Logan, elev 1,667 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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 LEVEL10,962 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:55ZSUNRISE

17:33ZSOLAR NOON

23:11ZSUNSET

23:38ZCIVIL END

CURRENT12:20Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 50m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:38Z (11h 18m) DAY LENGTH11h 15m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION5% MOONRISE13:39Z MOONSET00:55Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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