// Station · 25m ago

KLOU

Bowman Field

CAT VFR

WIND 080° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 25.6°C / 13.9°C

ALTIM 30.13 inHg

ELEV 546 FT

38.2280°N / 85.6637°W

LOCATION · Louisville, US

WIND

080°5 kt

KLOU · 546 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

080°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 14

ALTIM

30.13"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 080°/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 KLOU 251553Z 08005KT 10SM CLR 26/14 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP200 T02560139 $

KLOU · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 080° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.13" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1020.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 080° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

080°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

06★ HDG 060° H5 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,358'

15 HDG 150° H2 kt X5 kt LEFT 3,580'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

33 HDG 330° T2 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

24 HDG 240° T5 kt X2 kt LEFT —

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 +11°C

1,700FT

+1,154 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV546 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT334 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 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 · 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 LEVEL13,475 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:07ZSUNRISE

17:46ZSOLAR NOON

00:24ZSUNSET

00:52ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 06m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:52Z (8h 34m) DAY LENGTH13h 17m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:10Z MOONSET10:27Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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