// Station · 23m ago

KGRI

Central Nebraska Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 260° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 22.8°C / 20.6°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 1,847 FT

40.9675°N / 98.3096°W

LOCATION · Grand Island, US

WIND

260°5 kt

KGRI · 1,847 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW110

T / Td

23 / 21

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 260°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 11,000 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 KGRI 251553Z 26005KT 10SM FEW110 23/21 A3009 RMK AO2 RAB03E49 SLP182 P0001 T02280206

KGRI · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 260° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 11,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 5 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

260°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

31★ HDG 310° H3 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,608'

17 HDG 170° H0 kt X5 kt RIGHT 7,002'

35 HDG 350° H0 kt X5 kt LEFT 7,002'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

13 HDG 130° T3 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,847 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 +11°C

3,000FT

+1,153 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,847 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT1,676 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KTIF (Thomas County Airport, Thedford, elev 2,925 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

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. 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW110

Few · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,362 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:54ZSUNRISE

18:36ZSOLAR NOON

01:19ZSUNSET

01:47ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 02m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:47Z (9h 31m) DAY LENGTH13h 24m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:56Z MOONSET11:21Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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