// Station · 9m ago

KRAP

Rapid City Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 180° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 25.6°C / 14.4°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 3,204 FT

44.0453°N / 103.0570°W

LOCATION · Rapid City, US

WIND

180°10 kt

KRAP · 3,204 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 14

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 180°/10 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 KRAP 111352Z 18010KT 10SM CLR 26/14 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP129 T02560144

KRAP · day 11 at 13:52 UTC · wind from 180° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

180°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

14★ HDG 140° H8 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 8,701'

23 HDG 230° H6 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 80%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

05 HDG 050° T6 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

32 HDG 320° T8 kt X6 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 +17°C

5,100FT

+1,896 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV3,204 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT3,113 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K82V (Pine Bluffs Municipal Airport, Pine Bluffs, elev 5,152 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+51%

-36%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+36%

-23%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+20%

-15%

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.

// 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 LEVEL16,133 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:20ZSUNRISE

18:58ZSOLAR NOON

02:36ZSUNSET

03:12ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 35m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:12Z (13h 10m) DAY LENGTH15h 15m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE08:44Z MOONSET00:00Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of KRAP.

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

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