// Station · 15m ago

KIER

Natchitoches Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 24.7°C / 22.8°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 121 FT

31.7357°N / 93.0991°W

LOCATION · Natchitoches, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KIER · 121 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT015

T / Td

25 / 23

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 1,500 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 KIER 130615Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT015 25/23 A3001 RMK AO2 T02470228

KIER · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 1,500 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

17 HDG 170° —CALM —— 5,003'

35 HDG 350° —CALM —— 5,003'

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 4,000'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 4,000'

Pattern altitude: 1,121 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 +10°C

1,200FT

+1,079 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV121 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT30 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLZZ (Lampasas Airport, Lampasas, elev 1,215 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

SCT015

Scattered · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL12,596 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:15ZSUNRISE

17:59ZSOLAR NOON

23:44ZSUNSET

00:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 14m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:08Z (17h 38m) DAY LENGTH11h 29m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:47Z MOONSET01:16Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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