// Station · 7m ago

KINK

Winkler County Airport

CAT —

WIND 130° / 18 kt G25

VIS —

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29.4°C / 17.8°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 2,822 FT

31.7796°N / 103.2010°W

LOCATION · Wink, US

WIND

130°18 kt

KINK · 2,822 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/18G25

VIS

—

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW100

T / Td

29 / 18

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 130°/18 kt, gusting 25. Visibility unreported and a few at 10,000 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 KINK 130153Z AUTO 13018G25KT FEW100 29/18 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP077 T02940178 $

KINK · day 13 at 01:53 UTC · wind from 130° at 18 kt, gusts to 25 kt · a few clouds at 10,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1007.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 18 ktG25

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

130°18G25 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

13★ HDG 130° H18 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 5,003'

04 HDG 040° H0 kt X18 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 72%

22 HDG 220° H0 kt X18 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 72%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

31 HDG 310° T18 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 3,822 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 +20°C

5,300FT

+2,478 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,822 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+20°C PRESSURE ALT2,861 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMRF (Marfa Municipal Airport, Marfa, elev 4,849 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+53%

-37%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+37%

-24%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+21%

-16%

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)

FEW100

Few · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL17,670 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:55ZSUNRISE

18:40ZSOLAR NOON

00:25ZSUNSET

00:50ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:00Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:50Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 30m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:17Z MOONSET01:48Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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