// Station · 15m ago

KGJT

Grand Junction Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,000 ft

T/Td 13.3°C / 10°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 4,858 FT

39.1267°N / 108.5294°W

LOCATION · Grand Junction, US

WIND

300°4 kt

KGJT · 4,858 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN070

LAYERS

SCT055 BKN070 OVC090

T / Td

13 / 10

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,000 ft. Light winds at 300°/4 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 5,500 ft, broken at 7,000 ft, and overcast at 9,000 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-RA). 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 KGJT 130053Z 30004KT 10SM -RA SCT055 BKN070 OVC090 13/10 A2990 RMK AO2 RAE12B48 SLP082 P0000 T01330100

KGJT · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 300° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 5,500 ft · broken layer at 7,000 ft · overcast at 9,000 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1008.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

300°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

11 HDG 110° —CALM —— 9,339'

29 HDG 290° —CALM —— 9,339'

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 5,501'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 5,501'

Pattern altitude: 5,858 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 +8°C

5,800FT

+942 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,858 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT4,876 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KFCS (Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field, Fort Carson, elev 5,838 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+58%

-41%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+41%

-26%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+23%

-17%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC090

Overcast · base 9,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN070

Broken · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT055

Scattered · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,575 ft VFR MARGIN+4,000 ft

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

13:21ZSUNRISE

19:01ZSOLAR NOON

00:41ZSUNSET

01:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:08Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 19m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:42Z MOONSET02:02Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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