// Station · 15m ago

KKLS

Southwest Washington Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 260° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21.1°C / 15.6°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 20 FT

46.1180°N / 122.8980°W

LOCATION · Kelso, US

WIND

260°5 kt

KKLS · 20 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW017

T / Td

21 / 16

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 260°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 1,700 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 KKLS 251756Z AUTO 26005KT 10SM FEW017 21/16 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP167 6//// T02110156 10217 20144 50001 PNO $

KKLS · day 25 at 17:56 UTC · wind from 260° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 1,700 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

260°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

30★ HDG 300° H4 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,391'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

12 HDG 120° T4 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,020 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 +6°C

600FT

+580 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -600 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV20 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT-71 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KPAE (Seattle Paine Field International Airport, Everett, elev 606 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+6%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-2%

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)

FEW017

Few · base 1,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL10,677 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

13:24ZSUNRISE

20:15ZSOLAR NOON

03:05ZSUNSET

03:37ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 54m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:37Z (9h 25m) DAY LENGTH13h 40m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:31Z MOONSET13:11Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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