// Station · 21m ago

KORD

Chicago O'Hare International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 25,000 ft

T/Td 28.3°C / 15.6°C

ALTIM 29.74 inHg

ELEV 680 FT

41.9786°N / 87.9048°W

LOCATION · Chicago, US

WIND

200°9 kt

KORD · 680 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN250

LAYERS

BKN250

T / Td

28 / 16

ALTIM

29.74"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 25,000 ft. Moderate winds at 200°/9 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, 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 KORD 122351Z 20009KT 10SM BKN250 28/16 A2974 RMK AO2 SLP065 T02830156 10311 20283 57002 $

KORD · day 12 at 23:51 UTC · wind from 200° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 25,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.74" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1006.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 9 kt

8 USABLE · 8 AVOID · 6 CAUTION

WIND

200°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 8 usable

22R★ HDG 220° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,500'

22L HDG 220° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT 8,075'

27C HDG 270° H3 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 89%

27R HDG 270° H3 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 89%

27L HDG 270° H3 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 89%

28C HDG 280° H2 kt X9 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

28R HDG 280° H2 kt X9 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

28L HDG 280° H2 kt X9 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 8 ends

10C HDG 100° T2 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

10L HDG 100° T2 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

10R HDG 100° T2 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

09C HDG 090° T3 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

09L HDG 090° T3 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

09R HDG 090° T3 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

04L HDG 040° T8 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

04R HDG 040° T8 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,680 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 +15°C

2,700FT

+2,020 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV680 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT857 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLNP (Lonesome Pine Airport, Wise, elev 2,684 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+27%

-19%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+19%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN250

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

// Computed

CEILING25,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL14,973 ft VFR MARGIN+22,000 ft

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

12:01ZSUNRISE

17:39ZSOLAR NOON

23:16ZSUNSET

23:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT00:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:44Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 15m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:20Z MOONSET00:36Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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