// Station · 21m ago

KGOP

Gatesville Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 4 kt

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 35°C / 17°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 905 FT

31.4213°N / 97.7970°W

LOCATION · Gatesville, US

WIND

VRB4 kt

KGOP · 905 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/4

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

35 / 17

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/4 kt. Visibility 9.0 SM 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 KGOP 290055Z AUTO VRB04KT 9SM CLR 35/17 A2996 RMK AO2

KGOP · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind variable at 4 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · temp 35°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

17 HDG 170° —CALM —— 3,400'

35 HDG 350° —CALM —— 3,400'

Pattern altitude: 1,905 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

3,500FT

+2,595 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV905 FT OAT+35°C ISA DELTA+22°C PRESSURE ALT864 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLLN (Levelland Municipal Airport, Levelland, elev 3,514 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+35%

-25%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+25%

-16%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+14%

-11%

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 LEVEL18,582 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:06ZSUNRISE

18:33ZSOLAR NOON

01:01ZSUNSET

01:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:26Z (10m) DAY LENGTH12h 55m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:53Z MOONSET13:48Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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