// Station · 1h 2m ago · STALE

KMSO

Missoula Montana Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 5°C / 0.6°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 3,206 FT

46.9158°N / 114.0911°W

LOCATION · Missoula, US

WIND

270°5 kt

KMSO · 3,206 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT060

T / Td

5 / 1

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 270°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 6,000 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 KMSO 130053Z 27005KT 10SM SCT060 05/01 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP181 T00500006

KMSO · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 270° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 6,000 ft · temp 5°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

270°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

30★ HDG 300° H4 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,501'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

12 HDG 120° T4 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 4,206 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 -4°C

2,700FT

-506 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,206 FT OAT+5°C ISA DELTA-4°C PRESSURE ALT3,115 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K1S3 (Tillitt Field, Forsyth, elev 2,727 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT060

Scattered · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL5,731 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

13:51ZSUNRISE

19:23ZSOLAR NOON

00:56ZSUNSET

01:27ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:55Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:27Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 05m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:13Z MOONSET02:19Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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