// Station · 21m ago

KP52

Cottonwood Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 220° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,500 ft

T/Td 18°C / 9°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

ELEV 3,550 FT

34.7300°N / 112.0350°W

LOCATION · Cottonwood, US

WIND

220°9 kt

KP52 · 3,550 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN075

LAYERS

FEW026 SCT040 BKN075

T / Td

18 / 9

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,500 ft. Moderate winds at 220°/9 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 2,600 ft, scattered at 4,000 ft, and broken at 7,500 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 KP52 130135Z AUTO 22009KT 10SM FEW026 SCT040 BKN075 18/09 A2990 RMK AO2

KP52 · day 13 at 01:35 UTC · wind from 220° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,600 ft · scattered layer at 4,000 ft · broken layer at 7,500 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

220°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

14★ HDG 140° H2 kt X9 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,250'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

32 HDG 320° T2 kt X9 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 4,550 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

4,800FT

+1,250 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,550 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT3,568 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K1G4 (Grand Canyon West Airport, Peach Springs, elev 4,825 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+48%

-34%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+34%

-22%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+19%

-14%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN075

Broken · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT040

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

FEW026

Few · base 2,600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,641 ft VFR MARGIN+4,500 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

13:32ZSUNRISE

19:15ZSOLAR NOON

00:59ZSUNSET

01:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:56Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:24Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 26m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:55Z MOONSET02:21Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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