// Station · 26m ago

KNQX

Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 11 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 32.2°C / 23.9°C

ALTIM 30.07 inHg

ELEV 6 FT

24.5758°N / 81.6889°W

LOCATION · Key West, US

WIND

130°11 kt

KNQX · 6 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/11

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT025 SCT250

T / Td

32 / 24

ALTIM

30.07"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 130°/11 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 2,500 ft, and scattered 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 KNQX 251553Z 13011KT 10SM SCT025 SCT250 32/24 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP180 T03220239 $

KNQX · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 130° at 11 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 2,500 ft · scattered layer at 25,000 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.07" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 11 kt

4 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 3 CAUTION

WIND

130°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

14★ HDG 140° H11 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,000'

08 HDG 080° H7 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 73%

04 HDG 040° H0 kt X11 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

22 HDG 220° H0 kt X11 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

26 HDG 260° T7 kt X8 kt LEFT —

32 HDG 320° T11 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,006 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

+1,894 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV6 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT-147 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KDZJ (Blairsville Airport, Blairsville, elev 1,911 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)

SCT250

Scattered · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT025

Scattered · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL16,269 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

11:06ZSUNRISE

17:30ZSOLAR NOON

23:54ZSUNSET

00:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 34m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:17Z (7h 57m) DAY LENGTH12h 47m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:09Z MOONSET09:56Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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