// Station · 21m ago

KPTN

Harry P Williams Memorial Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 28.3°C / 28.3°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

ELEV 9 FT

29.7095°N / 91.3390°W

LOCATION · Patterson, US

WIND

210°4 kt

KPTN · 9 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

28 / 28

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 210°/4 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 KPTN 290056Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 28/28 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02830283 $

KPTN · day 29 at 00:56 UTC · wind from 210° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 28°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

210°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 5,399'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 5,399'

04W HDG 040° —CALM —— 4,500'

22W HDG 220° —CALM —— 4,500'

Pattern altitude: 1,009 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 +13°C

1,500FT

+1,491 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV9 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT-53 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KETN (Eastland Municipal Airport, Eastland, elev 1,464 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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 LEVEL14,302 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:41ZSUNRISE

18:08ZSOLAR NOON

00:34ZSUNSET

00:58ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:58Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 52m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:28Z MOONSET13:21Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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