// Station · 11m ago

KICT

Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 010° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 20°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

ELEV 1,333 FT

37.6503°N / 97.4286°W

LOCATION · Wichita, US

WIND

010°5 kt

KICT · 1,333 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

010°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW150 SCT190 SCT220

T / Td

25 / 20

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 010°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 15,000 ft, scattered at 19,000 ft, and scattered at 22,000 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 KICT 251353Z 01005KT 10SM FEW150 SCT190 SCT220 25/20 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02500200

KICT · day 25 at 13:53 UTC · wind from 010° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 15,000 ft · scattered layer at 19,000 ft · scattered layer at 22,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 010° @ 5 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

010°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

01L★ HDG 010° H5 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 10,302'

01R HDG 010° H5 kt X0 kt — 7,302'

32 HDG 320° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT 6,301'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

14 HDG 140° T3 kt X4 kt LEFT —

19R HDG 190° T5 kt X0 kt — —

19L HDG 190° T5 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 2,333 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 +12°C

2,700FT

+1,367 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,333 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT1,230 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KOIN (Oberlin Municipal Airport, Oberlin, elev 2,703 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+27%

-19%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+19%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-8%

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)

SCT220

Scattered · base 22,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT190

Scattered · base 19,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW150

Few · base 15,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER22,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~56% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,959 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:55ZSUNRISE

18:33ZSOLAR NOON

01:11ZSUNSET

01:38ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 06m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:38Z (11h 34m) DAY LENGTH13h 15m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE21:53Z MOONSET11:09Z FULL MOON IN3 days

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