// Station · 19m ago

KILE

Skylark Field

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 20 kt G24

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 32.2°C / 19.4°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 848 FT

31.0858°N / 97.6865°W

LOCATION · Killeen, US

WIND

150°20 kt

KILE · 848 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/20G24

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT080

T / Td

32 / 19

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with strong winds at 150°/20 kt, gusting 24. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 8,000 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 KILE 290056Z AUTO 15020G24KT 10SM SCT080 32/19 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP147 T03220194

KILE · day 29 at 00:56 UTC · wind from 150° at 20 kt, gusts to 24 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 8,000 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 20 ktG24

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

150°20G24 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

19★ HDG 190° H15 kt X13 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,495'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

01 HDG 010° T15 kt X13 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,848 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 +19°C

3,000FT

+2,152 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV848 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT766 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K2F5 (Lamesa Municipal Airport, Lamesa, elev 2,999 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+30%

-21%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+21%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT080

Scattered · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL17,111 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

12:05ZSUNRISE

18:33ZSOLAR NOON

01:01ZSUNSET

01:25ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:25Z (10m) DAY LENGTH12h 55m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:52Z MOONSET13:48Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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