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// KMKJ · Mountain Empire Airport · Rural Retreat

// Station · 9m ago

KMKJ

Mountain Empire Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 260° / 7 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 12.2°C / 11°C
ALTIM 30.15 inHg
ELEV 2,558 FT
36.8949°N / 81.3499°W
LOCATION · Rural Retreat, US
N
WIND
260°7 kt
KMKJ · 2,558 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 01Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
260°/7
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
12 / 11
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.15"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 260°/7 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 KMKJ 130155Z AUTO 26007KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A3015 RMK AO2 T01220110

KMKJ · day 13 at 01:55 UTC · wind from 260° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 12°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 7 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
N
WIND
260°7 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
26★ HDG 260° H7 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 5,252'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
08 HDG 080° T7 kt X0 kt — —
Pattern altitude: 3,558 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 +2°C

2,500FT
-58 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -600 FT
3,800 3,050 2,300
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV2,558 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT2,325 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KJFZ (Tazewell County Airport, Cedar Bluff, elev 2,653 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+25%
-18%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+18%
-11%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+10%
-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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 8,720 FT KMKJ ELEV · 2,558 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL8,720 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

11:31ZSUNRISE
17:13ZSOLAR NOON
22:54ZSUNSET
23:20ZCIVIL END
CURRENT02:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:20Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 23m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE12:54Z MOONSET00:17Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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