// Station · 13m ago

KLEX

Blue Grass Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 220° / 7 kt

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 300 ft

T/Td 21.7°C / 20.6°C

ALTIM 30.04 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 979 FT

38.0351°N / 84.6067°W

LOCATION · Lexington, US

WIND

220°7 kt

KLEX · 979 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/7

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

BKN003

LAYERS

BKN003 BKN090

T / Td

22 / 21

ALTIM

30.04"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 300 ft. Light winds at 220°/7 kt, visibility 5.0 SM, broken at 300 ft, and broken at 9,000 ft. Reported weather: BR. Reported weather: BR. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KLEX 111254Z 22007KT 5SM BR BKN003 BKN090 22/21 A3004 RMK AO2 RAE25 SLP164 P0000 T02170206 $

KLEX · day 11 at 12:54 UTC · wind from 220° at 7 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · broken layer at 300 ft · broken layer at 9,000 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 30.04" Hg · weather: BR · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

220°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

22★ HDG 220° H7 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 7,004'

27 HDG 270° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT 4,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

09 HDG 090° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

04 HDG 040° T7 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,979 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 +8°C

1,900FT

+921 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV979 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT855 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KI35 (Tucker Guthrie Memorial Airport, Baxter, elev 1,551 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+19%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN090

Broken · base 9,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN003

Broken · base 300 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL11,939 ft VFR MARGIN-2,700 ft

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

10:26ZSUNRISE

17:45ZSOLAR NOON

01:03ZSUNSET

01:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT13:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 56m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:34Z (12h 27m) DAY LENGTH14h 37m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE07:47Z MOONSET22:25Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

K27K

IFR

Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport · Georgetown

WIND: 240° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN005
DIST: 14 NM NE
AGE: 12m ago

KFFT

—

Capital City Airport · Frankfort

WIND: CALM
VIS: —
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 17 NM NW
AGE: 14m ago

KDVK

VFR

Stuart Powell Field · Danville

WIND: 260° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT008
DIST: 28 NM S
AGE: 17m ago

KIOB

VFR → MVFR 15Z

Mount Sterling Montgomery County Airport · Mount Sterling

WIND: 210° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC035
DIST: 30 NM E
AGE: 12m ago

K6I2

LIFR

Lebanon Springfield Airport - George Hoerter Field · Springfield

WIND: 220° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC004
DIST: 39 NM SW
AGE: 12m ago

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