// Station · 10m ago

KLOU

Bowman Field

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23.9°C / 22.8°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

ELEV 546 FT

38.2280°N / 85.6637°W

LOCATION · Louisville, US

WIND

280°3 kt

KLOU · 546 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW043

T / Td

24 / 23

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 280°/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 4,300 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 KLOU 111353Z 28003KT 10SM FEW043 24/23 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP160 T02390228 $

KLOU · day 11 at 13:53 UTC · wind from 280° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,300 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

280°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 4,358'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 4,358'

15 HDG 150° —CALM —— 3,580'

33 HDG 330° —CALM —— 3,580'

Pattern altitude: 1,546 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 +10°C

1,600FT

+1,054 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV546 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT443 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

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW043

Few · base 4,300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,617 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:29ZSUNRISE

17:49ZSOLAR NOON

01:08ZSUNSET

01:39ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 05m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:39Z (11h 36m) DAY LENGTH14h 38m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE07:53Z MOONSET22:32Z FULL MOON IN18 days

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

KSDF

VFR

Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · Louisville

WIND: 280° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN160
DIST: 5 NM SW
AGE: 7m ago

KJVY

VFR

Clark Regional Airport · Jeffersonville

WIND: 240° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW009
DIST: 9 NM NW
AGE: 8m ago

KFTK

IFR

Godman Army Air Field · Fort Knox

WIND: 240° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN007
DIST: 24 NM SW
AGE: 14m ago

KBRY

IFR

Samuels Field · Bardstown

WIND: VRB / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN006
DIST: 26 NM S
AGE: 8m ago

KIMS

IFR

Madison Municipal Airport · Madison

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN006
DIST: 33 NM N
AGE: 8m ago

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