// Station · 10m ago

KNID

China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport

CAT —

WIND 260° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING —

T/Td 25°C / 5°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

ELEV 2,283 FT

35.6854°N / 117.6920°W

LOCATION · China Lake, US

WIND

260°5 kt

KNID · 2,283 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

25 / 5

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 260°/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 KNID 251356Z AUTO 26005KT 10SM 25/05 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02500050 $

KNID · day 25 at 13:56 UTC · wind from 260° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 25°C / dewpoint 5°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 5 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

260°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

26★ HDG 260° H5 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 11,199'

21 HDG 210° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT 10,000'

32 HDG 320° H3 kt X4 kt LEFT 9,014'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

14 HDG 140° T2 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

03 HDG 030° T3 kt X4 kt LEFT —

08 HDG 080° T5 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 3,283 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 +14°C

3,900FT

+1,617 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,283 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT2,180 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KTSP (Tehachapi Municipal Airport, Tehachapi, elev 4,001 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+39%

-27%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+27%

-18%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+16%

-12%

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 LEVEL14,909 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:18ZSUNRISE

19:54ZSOLAR NOON

02:29ZSUNSET

02:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 22m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:56Z (12h 49m) DAY LENGTH13h 10m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE23:16Z MOONSET12:27Z FULL MOON IN3 days

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