// Station · 27m ago

KPPA

Perry Lefors Field

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 11 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 31.4°C / 13.8°C

ALTIM 30.08 inHg

ELEV 3,245 FT

35.6130°N / 100.9960°W

LOCATION · Pampa, US

WIND

150°11 kt

KPPA · 3,245 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/11

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

31 / 14

ALTIM

30.08"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 150°/11 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 KPPA 290050Z AUTO 15011KT 10SM CLR 31/14 A3008 RMK AO2 T03140138

KPPA · day 29 at 00:50 UTC · wind from 150° at 11 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 31°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 11 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

150°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17★ HDG 170° H10 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,862'

23 HDG 230° H2 kt X11 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

05 HDG 050° T2 kt X11 kt RIGHT —

35 HDG 350° T10 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 4,245 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 +23°C

5,800FT

+2,555 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,245 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+23°C PRESSURE ALT3,083 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KTAD (Perry Stokes Airport, Trinidad, elev 5,762 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+58%

-41%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+41%

-26%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+23%

-17%

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 LEVEL19,104 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:14ZSUNRISE

18:46ZSOLAR NOON

01:18ZSUNSET

01:45ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:45Z (27m) DAY LENGTH13h 04m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE01:01Z MOONSET14:06Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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