// Station · 22m ago

KLRJ

Le Mars Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 26°C / 19°C

ALTIM 29.95 inHg

ELEV 1,197 FT

42.7780°N / 96.1937°W

LOCATION · Le Mars, US

WIND

150°10 kt

KLRJ · 1,197 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 19

ALTIM

29.95"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 150°/10 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 KLRJ 290055Z AUTO 15010KT 10SM CLR 26/19 A2995 RMK AO2

KLRJ · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 150° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.95" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

150°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

18★ HDG 180° H9 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,056'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

36 HDG 360° T9 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,197 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 +13°C

2,800FT

+1,603 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,197 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT1,165 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLBF (North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field, North Platte, elev 2,777 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+28%

-20%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+20%

-13%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-8%

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 LEVEL14,328 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:46ZSUNRISE

18:27ZSOLAR NOON

01:08ZSUNSET

01:37ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:37Z (20m) DAY LENGTH13h 21m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:33Z MOONSET13:55Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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