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// KLEX · Blue Grass Airport · Lexington

// Station · 18m ago

KLEX

Blue Grass Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 180° / 5 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 25.6°C / 13.9°C
ALTIM 30.13 inHg
ELEV 979 FT
38.0351°N / 84.6067°W
LOCATION · Lexington, US
N
WIND
180°5 kt
KLEX · 979 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 17Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
180°/5
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
26 / 14
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.13"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 180°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 KLEX 251754Z 18005KT 10SM CLR 26/14 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP195 T02560139 10256 20144 58010 $

KLEX · day 25 at 17:54 UTC · wind from 180° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.13" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 5 kt
3 USABLE · 1 AVOID
N
WIND
180°5 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable
22★ HDG 220° H4 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,004'
09 HDG 090° H0 kt X5 kt RIGHT 4,000'
27 HDG 270° H0 kt X5 kt LEFT 4,000'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
04 HDG 040° T4 kt X3 kt RIGHT —
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 +12°C

2,200FT
+1,221 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV979 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT767 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K6A4 (Johnson County Airport, Mountain City, elev 2,240 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+22%
-15%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+15%
-10%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+9%
-7%

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 · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 13,908 FT KLEX ELEV · 979 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL13,908 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:03ZSUNRISE
17:42ZSOLAR NOON
00:20ZSUNSET
00:47ZCIVIL END
CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 08m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:47Z (6h 35m) DAY LENGTH13h 16m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:09Z MOONSET10:26Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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