// Station · 15m ago

KMCI

Kansas City International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 12 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 26.7°C / 16.1°C

ALTIM 29.79 inHg

ELEV 1,026 FT

39.3017°N / 94.7139°W

LOCATION · Kansas City, US

WIND

190°12 kt

KMCI · 1,026 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/12

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

27 / 16

ALTIM

29.79"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 190°/12 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 KMCI 130053Z 19012KT 10SM CLR 27/16 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP075 T02670161

KMCI · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 190° at 12 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 27°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.79" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1007.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 12 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

190°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

19R★ HDG 190° H12 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 10,801'

19L HDG 190° H12 kt X0 kt — 9,500'

27 HDG 270° H2 kt X12 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

09 HDG 090° T2 kt X12 kt RIGHT —

01L HDG 010° T12 kt X0 kt — —

01R HDG 010° T12 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 2,026 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 +14°C

2,800FT

+1,774 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,026 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT1,153 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 LEVEL14,511 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:26ZSUNRISE

18:06ZSOLAR NOON

23:46ZSUNSET

00:13ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:13Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 19m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:47Z MOONSET01:07Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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