// Station · 25m ago

KLFK

Angelina County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 29.4°C / 24.4°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 296 FT

31.2340°N / 94.7500°W

LOCATION · Lufkin, US

WIND

240°5 kt

KLFK · 296 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

29 / 24

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 240°/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 KLFK 251553Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP184 T02940244

KLFK · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 240° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 29°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

240°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

25★ HDG 250° H5 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,400'

16 HDG 160° H1 kt X5 kt RIGHT 4,311'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

34 HDG 340° T1 kt X5 kt LEFT —

07 HDG 070° T5 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,296 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

1,900FT

+1,604 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV296 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT125 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSJT (San Angelo Regional Mathis Field, San Angelo, elev 1,919 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

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. 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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL15,144 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:52ZSUNRISE

18:22ZSOLAR NOON

00:52ZSUNSET

01:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 34m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:17Z (8h 59m) DAY LENGTH13h 00m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:54Z MOONSET10:55Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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