// Station · 1h 1m ago · STALE

KICT

Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 13 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27.2°C / 17.8°C

ALTIM 29.81 inHg

ELEV 1,333 FT

37.6503°N / 97.4286°W

LOCATION · Wichita, US

WIND

170°13 kt

KICT · 1,333 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/13

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW140

T / Td

27 / 18

ALTIM

29.81"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 170°/13 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 14,000 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 130053Z 17013KT 10SM FEW140 27/18 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP079 T02720178 $

KICT · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 170° at 13 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 14,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.81" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1007.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 13 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

170°13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

19R★ HDG 190° H12 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,302'

19L HDG 190° H12 kt X4 kt LEFT 7,302'

14 HDG 140° H11 kt X6 kt RIGHT 6,301'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

32 HDG 320° T11 kt X6 kt LEFT —

01L HDG 010° T12 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

01R HDG 010° T12 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

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 +15°C

3,200FT

+1,867 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,333 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT1,440 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCBK (Shalz Field, Colby, elev 3,187 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+32%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+13%

-10%

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)

FEW140

Few · base 14,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER14,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,070 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:36ZSUNRISE

18:17ZSOLAR NOON

23:58ZSUNSET

00:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:54Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:24Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 22m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:58Z MOONSET01:21Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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