// Station · 21m ago

KOLU

Columbus Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 22.2°C / 20.6°C

ALTIM 30.07 inHg

ELEV 1,447 FT

41.4481°N / 97.3402°W

LOCATION · Columbus, US

WIND

190°3 kt

KOLU · 1,447 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

22 / 21

ALTIM

30.07"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 190°/3 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 KOLU 251556Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02220206

KOLU · day 25 at 15:56 UTC · wind from 190° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 22°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 30.07" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

190°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 6,801'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 6,801'

02 HDG 020° —CALM —— 4,135'

20 HDG 200° —CALM —— 4,135'

Pattern altitude: 2,447 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 +10°C

2,500FT

+1,053 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,447 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT1,294 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCZD (Cozad Municipal Airport, Cozad, elev 2,503 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+25%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-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 · 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 LEVEL12,659 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:49ZSUNRISE

18:32ZSOLAR NOON

01:16ZSUNSET

01:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:44Z (9h 27m) DAY LENGTH13h 26m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:52Z MOONSET11:18Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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