// Station · 1h 4m ago · STALE

KFRI

Marshall Army Air Field

CAT VFR

WIND 070° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30.9°C / 19.9°C

ALTIM 30.07 inHg

ELEV 1,065 FT

39.0530°N / 96.7642°W

LOCATION · Fort Riley (Junction City), US

WIND

070°6 kt

KFRI · 1,065 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

070°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW037

T / Td

31 / 20

ALTIM

30.07"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 070°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 3,700 ft. 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 KFRI 111855Z AUTO 07006KT 10SM FEW037 31/20 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP171 T03090199

KFRI · day 11 at 18:55 UTC · wind from 070° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 3,700 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 30.07" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

070°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

04★ HDG 040° H5 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,503'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

22 HDG 220° T5 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,065 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 +18°C

3,000FT

+1,935 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV1,065 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT912 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KADT (Atwood-Rawlins City-County Airport, Atwood, elev 2,991 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+30%

-21%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+21%

-14%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW037

Few · base 3,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL16,671 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:11ZSUNRISE

18:33ZSOLAR NOON

01:55ZSUNSET

02:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT19:59Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 55m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:26Z (6h 27m) DAY LENGTH14h 43m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION10% MOONRISE08:47Z MOONSET23:31Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

KMHK

VFR

Manhattan Regional Airport · Manhattan

WIND: 080° / 10 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 7 NM NE
AGE: 7m ago

KSLN

VFR

Salina Municipal Airport · Salina

WIND: 090° / 10 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW050
DIST: 44 NM W
AGE: 6m ago

KMYZ

VFR

Marysville Municipal Airport · Marysville

WIND: 130° / 7 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT035
DIST: 49 NM N
AGE: 24m ago

KCNK

VFR

Blosser Municipal Airport · Concordia

WIND: VRB / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 51 NM NW
AGE: 4m ago

KEMP

VFR

Emporia Municipal Airport · Emporia

WIND: 110° / 7 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 51 NM SE
AGE: 6m ago

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