// Station · 22m ago

KIER

Natchitoches Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29.5°C / 21.9°C

ALTIM 29.97 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 · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT075

T / Td

30 / 22

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 7,500 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 290055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT075 30/22 A2997 RMK AO2 T02950219

KIER · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 7,500 ft · temp 30°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.97" 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 +15°C

1,800FT

+1,679 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV121 FT OAT+30°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT68 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KABI (Abilene Regional Airport, Abilene, elev 1,791 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-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. 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)

SCT075

Scattered · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER7,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL15,020 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:46ZSUNRISE

18:15ZSOLAR NOON

00:43ZSUNSET

01:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:08Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 56m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:33Z MOONSET13:30Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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