// Station · 19m ago

KOWB

Owensboro Daviess County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 060° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 28.3°C / 13.9°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 407 FT

37.7401°N / 87.1668°W

LOCATION · Owensboro, US

WIND

060°6 kt

KOWB · 407 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

060°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

28 / 14

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 060°/6 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 KOWB 251756Z 06006KT 10SM CLR 28/14 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP185 T02830139 10283 20183 58014

KOWB · day 25 at 17:56 UTC · wind from 060° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 060° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

060°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

06★ HDG 060° H6 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 5,000'

36 HDG 360° H3 kt X5 kt RIGHT 8,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

18 HDG 180° T3 kt X5 kt LEFT —

24 HDG 240° T6 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,407 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

1,900FT

+1,493 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV407 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT236 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KI35 (Tucker Guthrie Memorial Airport, Baxter, elev 1,551 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 · 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 LEVEL14,700 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:14ZSUNRISE

17:52ZSOLAR NOON

00:30ZSUNSET

00:57ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 15m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:57Z (6h 42m) DAY LENGTH13h 16m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:20Z MOONSET10:36Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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