// Station · 22m ago

KLSE

La Crosse Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 12 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,000 ft

T/Td 26.1°C / 15.6°C

ALTIM 30.04 inHg

ELEV 655 FT

43.8790°N / 91.2567°W

LOCATION · La Crosse, US

WIND

200°12 kt

KLSE · 655 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/12

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN070

LAYERS

BKN070

T / Td

26 / 16

ALTIM

30.04"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,000 ft. Moderate winds at 200°/12 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 7,000 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 KLSE 251753Z 20012KT 10SM BKN070 26/16 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP162 T02610156 10267 20167 58013

KLSE · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 200° at 12 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 7,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.04" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 12 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

200°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

22★ HDG 220° H11 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,199'

18 HDG 180° H11 kt X4 kt RIGHT 8,742'

13 HDG 130° H4 kt X11 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 92%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

31 HDG 310° T4 kt X11 kt LEFT —

04 HDG 040° T11 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

36 HDG 360° T11 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,655 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 +12°C

2,000FT

+1,345 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV655 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT531 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLNL (Kings Land O' Lakes Airport, Land O' Lakes, elev 1,704 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN070

Broken · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,837 ft VFR MARGIN+4,000 ft

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

11:21ZSUNRISE

18:08ZSOLAR NOON

00:55ZSUNSET

01:25ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 40m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:25Z (7h 10m) DAY LENGTH13h 33m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:28Z MOONSET11:01Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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