// Station · 15m ago

KI23

Fayette County Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 240° / 4 kt

VIS 4.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 5,000 ft

T/Td 21°C / 21°C

ALTIM 30.14 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 980 FT

39.5704°N / 83.4205°W

LOCATION · Washington Court House, US

WIND

240°4 kt

KI23 · 980 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/4

VIS

4.0 SM

CEILING

BKN050

LAYERS

BKN050

T / Td

21 / 21

ALTIM

30.14"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 4.0 SM. Light winds at 240°/4 kt, visibility 4.0 SM, broken at 5,000 ft. Reported weather: BR. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KI23 150635Z AUTO 24004KT 4SM BR BKN050 21/21 A3014 RMK AO2

KI23 · day 15 at 06:35 UTC · wind from 240° at 4 kt · visibility 4.0 SM · broken layer at 5,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 30.14" Hg · weather: BR · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

240°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 5,097'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 5,097'

Pattern altitude: 1,980 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

1,700FT

+720 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV980 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT759 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMFD (Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport, Mansfield, elev 1,297 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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)

BKN050

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

// Computed

CEILING5,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL11,586 ft VFR MARGIN+2,000 ft

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

10:19ZSUNRISE

17:40ZSOLAR NOON

01:01ZSUNSET

01:33ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:50Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING18h 11m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:33Z (18h 43m) DAY LENGTH14h 41m

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE10:43Z MOONSET01:25Z FULL MOON IN14 days

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

KILN

VFR → MVFR 07Z

Wilmington Airpark · Wilmington

WIND: 220° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 19 NM SW
AGE: 56m ago

KRZT

VFR

Ross County Airport · Chillicothe

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 20 NM SE
AGE: 35m ago

KUYF

VFR

Madison County Airport · London

WIND: 260° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 22 NM N
AGE: 15m ago

KTZR

VFR

Bolton Field · Columbus

WIND: CALM
VIS: 7.0 SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 24 NM NE
AGE: 15m ago

KLCK

VFR → MVFR 10Z

Rickenbacker International Airport · Columbus

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 27 NM NE
AGE: 55m ago

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