// Station · 9m ago

KMSY

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 350° / 10 kt G17

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 25,000 ft

T/Td 32.2°C / 25.6°C

ALTIM 30.05 inHg

ELEV 4 FT

29.9934°N / 90.2647°W

LOCATION · New Orleans, US

WIND

350°10 kt

KMSY · 4 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

350°/10G17

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN250

LAYERS

SCT021 BKN250

T / Td

32 / 26

ALTIM

30.05"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 25,000 ft. Moderate winds at 350°/10 kt, gusting 17, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 2,100 ft, and broken at 25,000 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 KMSY 251653Z 35010G17KT 10SM SCT021TCU BKN250 32/26 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP179 TCU E T03220256

KMSY · day 25 at 16:53 UTC · wind from 350° at 10 kt, gusts to 17 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 2,100 ft · broken layer at 25,000 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 30.05" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 350° @ 10 ktG17

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

350°10G17 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

02★ HDG 020° H9 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,002'

29 HDG 290° H5 kt X9 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 53%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

11 HDG 110° T5 kt X9 kt LEFT —

20 HDG 200° T9 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,004 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 +17°C

1,900FT

+1,896 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT-129 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KUOS (Franklin County Airport, Sewanee, elev 1,953 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+19%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN250

Broken · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT021

Scattered · base 2,100 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING25,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL16,267 ft VFR MARGIN+22,000 ft

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

11:35ZSUNRISE

18:04ZSOLAR NOON

00:33ZSUNSET

00:58ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 31m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:58Z (7h 56m) DAY LENGTH12h 58m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:39Z MOONSET10:37Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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