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// KRAC · John H Batten Airport · Racine

// Station · 37m ago

KRAC

John H Batten Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 240° / 10 kt G19
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 24.4°C / 16.7°C
ALTIM 29.70 inHg
ELEV 674 FT
42.7606°N / 87.8152°W
LOCATION · Racine, US
N
WIND
240°10 kt
KRAC · 674 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 05Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
240°/10G19
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
24 / 17
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.70"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 240°/10 kt, gusting 19. 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 KRAC 130553Z AUTO 24010G19KT 10SM CLR 24/17 A2970 RMK AO2 SLP053 T02440167 10272 20244 403000167 55005 $

KRAC · day 13 at 05:53 UTC · wind from 240° at 10 kt, gusts to 19 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.70" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1005.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 10 ktG19
2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION
N
WIND
240°10G19 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable
22★ HDG 220° H9 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,574'
32 HDG 320° H2 kt X10 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 53%
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends
14 HDG 140° T2 kt X10 kt RIGHT —
04 HDG 040° T9 kt X3 kt LEFT —
Pattern altitude: 1,674 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 +11°C

2,200FT
+1,526 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV674 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT893 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLNL (Kings Land O' Lakes Airport, Land O' Lakes, elev 1,704 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+22%
-15%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+15%
-10%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+9%
-7%

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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 12,997 FT KRAC ELEV · 674 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL12,997 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:03ZSUNRISE
17:38ZSOLAR NOON
23:14ZSUNSET
23:42ZCIVIL END
CURRENT06:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 43m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:42Z (17h 11m) DAY LENGTH11h 10m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:35Z MOONSET00:46Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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