// Station · 21m ago

KFOE

Topeka Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 040° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 29.4°C / 22.8°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 1,078 FT

38.9509°N / 95.6636°W

LOCATION · Topeka, US

WIND

040°5 kt

KFOE · 1,078 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

29 / 23

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 040°/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 KFOE 251753Z 04005KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02940228 10294 20200 58006 $

KFOE · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 040° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 29°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 5 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

040°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

03★ HDG 030° H5 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,002'

13 HDG 130° H0 kt X5 kt LEFT 12,803'

31 HDG 310° H0 kt X5 kt RIGHT 12,803'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

21 HDG 210° T5 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,078 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

2,900FT

+1,822 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,078 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT987 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K19S (Sublette Municipal Airport, Sublette, elev 2,908 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+29%

-20%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+20%

-13%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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 LEVEL15,926 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:46ZSUNRISE

18:26ZSOLAR NOON

01:05ZSUNSET

01:33ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:14Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 50m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:33Z (7h 18m) DAY LENGTH13h 19m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:53Z MOONSET11:12Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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