// Station · 1h 22m ago · STALE

KIAB

McConnell Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 27.4°C / 20.9°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

ELEV 1,371 FT

37.6219°N / 97.2682°W

LOCATION · Wichita, US

WIND

050°6 kt

KIAB · 1,371 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

27 / 21

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 050°/6 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 KIAB 251455Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP137 T02740209 50008

KIAB · day 25 at 14:55 UTC · wind from 050° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 27°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

050°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

01L★ HDG 010° H5 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 12,000'

01R HDG 010° H5 kt X4 kt RIGHT 12,007'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

19R HDG 190° T5 kt X4 kt LEFT —

19L HDG 190° T5 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,371 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 +15°C

3,100FT

+1,729 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,371 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT1,309 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K36K (Kearny County Airport, Lakin, elev 3,077 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

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 LEVEL15,209 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:54ZSUNRISE

18:32ZSOLAR NOON

01:10ZSUNSET

01:37ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 53m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:37Z (9h 20m) DAY LENGTH13h 15m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:57Z MOONSET11:13Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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