// Station · 13m ago

KMKC

Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 12 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 28.3°C / 15.6°C

ALTIM 29.78 inHg

ELEV 759 FT

39.1232°N / 94.5928°W

LOCATION · Kansas City, US

WIND

190°12 kt

KMKC · 759 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/12

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

28 / 16

ALTIM

29.78"

// 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 KMKC 130054Z 19012KT 10SM CLR 28/16 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP076 T02830156

KMKC · day 13 at 00:54 UTC · wind from 190° at 12 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.78" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1007.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 12 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

190°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

19★ HDG 190° H12 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 6,827'

22 HDG 220° H10 kt X6 kt LEFT 5,050'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

04 HDG 040° T10 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

01 HDG 010° T12 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,759 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 +15°C

2,700FT

+1,941 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV759 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT898 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KOIN (Oberlin Municipal Airport, Oberlin, elev 2,703 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+27%

-19%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+19%

-12%

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 LEVEL15,052 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:26ZSUNRISE

18:05ZSOLAR NOON

23:45ZSUNSET

00:12ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:12Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 19m

Waxing Crescent

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

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