// Station · 21m ago

KRAS

Mustang Beach Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 29.5°C / 26.1°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

ELEV 5 FT

27.8118°N / 97.0888°W

LOCATION · Port Aransas, US

WIND

120°7 kt

KRAS · 5 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

30 / 26

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 120°/7 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 KRAS 290055Z AUTO 12007KT 10SM CLR 30/26 A2998 RMK AO2 T02950261

KRAS · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 120° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 30°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

120°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

12★ HDG 120° H7 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 3,482'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

30 HDG 300° T7 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,005 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 +14°C

1,700FT

+1,695 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5 FT OAT+30°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT-57 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCOM (Coleman Municipal Airport, Coleman, elev 1,697 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-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 LEVEL14,904 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:06ZSUNRISE

18:31ZSOLAR NOON

00:55ZSUNSET

01:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:19Z (2m) DAY LENGTH12h 48m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:53Z MOONSET13:42Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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