// Station · 19m ago

KMSL

Northwest Alabama Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 020° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 11,000 ft

T/Td 31.7°C / 16.7°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 551 FT

34.7451°N / 87.6130°W

LOCATION · Muscle Shoals, US

WIND

020°6 kt

KMSL · 551 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

020°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN110

LAYERS

BKN110

T / Td

32 / 17

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 11,000 ft. Light winds at 020°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 11,000 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 KMSL 251753Z AUTO 02006KT 10SM BKN110 32/17 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP172 T03170167 10317 20194 58010 $

KMSL · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 020° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 11,000 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 020° @ 6 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

020°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

36★ HDG 360° H6 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,000'

11 HDG 110° H0 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

29 HDG 290° H0 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

18 HDG 180° T6 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,551 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

2,500FT

+1,949 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV551 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT409 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBKW (Raleigh County Memorial Airport, Beaver, elev 2,504 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN110

Broken · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING11,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL16,561 ft VFR MARGIN+8,000 ft

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

11:19ZSUNRISE

17:54ZSOLAR NOON

00:28ZSUNSET

00:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 15m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:54Z (6h 41m) DAY LENGTH13h 08m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:26Z MOONSET10:34Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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