// Station · 17m ago

KFSM

Fort Smith Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 360° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 36.1°C / 21.7°C

ALTIM 29.93 inHg

ELEV 469 FT

35.3366°N / 94.3674°W

LOCATION · Fort Smith, US

WIND

360°5 kt

KFSM · 469 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

360°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

36 / 22

ALTIM

29.93"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 360°/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 KFSM 251753Z 36005KT 10SM CLR 36/22 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP128 T03610217 10361 20233 58016

KFSM · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 360° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 36°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.93" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 360° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

360°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

07★ HDG 070° H2 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

25 HDG 250° T2 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,469 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 +22°C

3,100FT

+2,631 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV469 FT OAT+36°C ISA DELTA+22°C PRESSURE ALT457 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KE42 (Spearman Municipal Airport, Spearman, elev 3,090 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+31%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-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. 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 LEVEL18,701 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:46ZSUNRISE

18:21ZSOLAR NOON

00:56ZSUNSET

01:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:10Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 45m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:22Z (7h 11m) DAY LENGTH13h 10m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:52Z MOONSET11:02Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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