// Station · 24m ago

KLFT

Lafayette Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 340° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30°C / 25.6°C

ALTIM 30.08 inHg

ELEV 42 FT

30.2053°N / 91.9876°W

LOCATION · Lafayette, US

WIND

340°9 kt

KLFT · 42 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW030

T / Td

30 / 26

ALTIM

30.08"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 340°/9 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 3,000 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 KLFT 251553Z 34009KT 10SM FEW030 30/26 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP184 T03000256

KLFT · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 340° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 3,000 ft · temp 30°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 9 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 3 CAUTION

WIND

340°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

29★ HDG 290° H6 kt X7 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,403'

04L HDG 040° H5 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 89%

04R HDG 040° H5 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 89%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

22R HDG 220° T4 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

22L HDG 220° T4 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

11 HDG 110° T6 kt X7 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,042 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

1,700FT

+1,658 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV42 FT OAT+30°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT-120 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KT82 (Gillespie County Airport, Fredericksburg, elev 1,695 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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)

FEW030

Few · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,194 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:42ZSUNRISE

18:11ZSOLAR NOON

00:40ZSUNSET

01:05ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 23m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:05Z (8h 47m) DAY LENGTH12h 58m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:44Z MOONSET10:43Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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