// Station · 1h 0m ago · STALE

KLTS

Altus Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 29.8°C / 18.2°C

ALTIM 29.81 inHg

ELEV 1,382 FT

34.6671°N / 99.2667°W

LOCATION · Altus, US

WIND

150°10 kt

KLTS · 1,382 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

30 / 18

ALTIM

29.81"

// 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 KLTS 130055Z AUTO 15010KT 10SM CLR 30/18 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP078 T02980182 TSNO $

KLTS · day 13 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 150° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 30°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.81" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1007.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 10 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

150°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

176★ HDG 170° H9 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,500'

18L HDG 180° H9 kt X5 kt LEFT 9,001'

18R HDG 180° H9 kt X5 kt LEFT 13,440'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

356 HDG 350° T9 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

36R HDG 360° T9 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

36L HDG 360° T9 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,382 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 +18°C

3,600FT

+2,218 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,382 FT OAT+30°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT1,489 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGUY (Guymon Municipal Airport, Guymon, elev 3,123 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+36%

-25%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+25%

-16%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+14%

-11%

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 LEVEL16,433 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

12:41ZSUNRISE

18:24ZSOLAR NOON

00:08ZSUNSET

00:33ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:55Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:33Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 26m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:03Z MOONSET01:30Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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