// Station · 14m ago

KRAP

Rapid City Regional Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 360° / 15 kt G28

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 2,700 ft

T/Td 7.2°C / 2.8°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 3,204 FT

44.0453°N / 103.0570°W

LOCATION · Rapid City, US

WIND

360°15 kt

KRAP · 3,204 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

360°/15G28

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC027

LAYERS

OVC027

T / Td

7 / 3

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,700 ft. Brisk winds at 360°/15 kt, gusting 28, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 2,700 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KRAP 130052Z 36015G28KT 10SM OVC027 07/03 A2996 RMK AO2 PK WND 36029/0037 PRESRR SLP154 T00720028 $

KRAP · day 13 at 00:52 UTC · wind from 360° at 15 kt, gusts to 28 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 2,700 ft · temp 7°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 360° @ 15 ktG28

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

360°15G28 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

32★ HDG 320° H11 kt X10 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 8,701'

05 HDG 050° H10 kt X11 kt LEFT 3,601'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

23 HDG 230° T10 kt X11 kt RIGHT —

14 HDG 140° T11 kt X10 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 4,204 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 -2°C

3,000FT

-204 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,204 FT OAT+7°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT3,163 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KHSR (Hot Springs Municipal Airport, Hot Springs, elev 3,150 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+30%

-21%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+21%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC027

Overcast · base 2,700 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,700 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,840 ft VFR MARGIN-300 ft

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

13:04ZSUNRISE

18:39ZSOLAR NOON

00:15ZSUNSET

00:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:44Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 11m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:25Z MOONSET01:36Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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