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KRCA

Ellsworth Air Force Base
CAT MVFR
WIND 360° / 18 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING BKN at 1,700 ft
T/Td 8°C / 3°C
ALTIM 29.93 inHg
ELEV 3,276 FT
44.1450°N / 103.1040°W
LOCATION · Rapid City, US
N
WIND
360°18 kt
KRCA · 3,276 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
360°/18
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
BKN017
 
 
 
LAYERS
BKN017 OVC027
 
 
 
T / Td
8 / 3
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.93"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,700 ft. Brisk winds at 360°/18 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 1,700 ft, and 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

SPECI KRCA 130059Z AUTO 36018KT 10SM BKN017 OVC027 08/03 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP142

KRCA · day 13 at 00:59 UTC · wind from 360° at 18 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 1,700 ft · overcast at 2,700 ft · temp 8°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 29.93" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 360° @ 18 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION
N
WIND
360°18 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
31★ HDG 310° H12 kt X14 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 13,497'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
13 HDG 130° T12 kt X14 kt LEFT —
Pattern altitude: 4,276 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 -1°C

3,200FT
-76 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV3,276 FT OAT+8°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT3,264 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRAP (Rapid City Regional Airport, Rapid City, elev 3,204 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+32%
-22%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+22%
-14%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+13%
-10%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 7,316 FT BKN017 · CEILING OVC027 KRCA ELEV · 3,276 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
OVC027
Overcast · base 2,700 ft AGL · 8 oktas
BKN017
Broken · base 1,700 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas
// Computed
CEILING1,700 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL7,316 ft VFR MARGIN-1,300 ft

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

13:04ZSUNRISE
18:40ZSOLAR NOON
00:15ZSUNSET
00:44ZCIVIL END
CURRENT02:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:44Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 11m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:27Z MOONSET01:38Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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