// Station · 14m ago

KLAM

Los Alamos Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 16.5°C / 6°C

ALTIM 30.08 inHg

ELEV 7,171 FT

35.8798°N / 106.2690°W

LOCATION · Los Alamos, US

WIND

190°9 kt

KLAM · 7,171 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW075

T / Td

17 / 6

ALTIM

30.08"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 190°/9 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few 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 KLAM 130215Z AUTO 19009KT 10SM FEW075 16/06 A3008 RMK AO2 T01650060 $

KLAM · day 13 at 02:15 UTC · wind from 190° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 7,500 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

190°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

27★ HDG 270° H2 kt X9 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

09 HDG 090° T2 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 8,171 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

8,900FT

+1,729 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV7,171 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT7,009 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KTEX (Telluride Regional Airport, Telluride, elev 9,070 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+89%

-62%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+62%

-40%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+36%

-27%

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)

FEW075

Few · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER7,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,504 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:10ZSUNRISE

18:52ZSOLAR NOON

00:35ZSUNSET

01:00ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:29Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:00Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 24m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:34Z MOONSET01:58Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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