// Station · 26m ago

KMTJ

Montrose Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 010° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 24.4°C / 8.3°C

ALTIM 30.39 inHg

ELEV 5,759 FT

38.5098°N / 107.8940°W

LOCATION · Montrose, US

WIND

010°5 kt

KMTJ · 5,759 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

010°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

24 / 8

ALTIM

30.39"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 010°/5 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 KMTJ 251553Z AUTO 01005KT 10SM CLR 24/08 A3039 RMK AO2 SLP204 T02440083

KMTJ · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 010° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 30.39" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1020.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 010° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

010°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

35★ HDG 350° H5 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,000'

31 HDG 310° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT 7,510'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

13 HDG 130° T2 kt X4 kt LEFT —

17 HDG 170° T5 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 6,759 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 +20°C

7,700FT

+1,941 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,759 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+20°C PRESSURE ALT5,287 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGUC (Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport, Gunnison, elev 7,680 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+77%

-54%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+54%

-35%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+31%

-23%

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 LEVEL18,082 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

12:36ZSUNRISE

19:15ZSOLAR NOON

01:54ZSUNSET

02:21ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 35m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:21Z (10h 02m) DAY LENGTH13h 18m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:38Z MOONSET11:56Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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