// Station · 15m ago

KRFI

Rusk County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25.8°C / 21.1°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

ELEV 442 FT

32.1417°N / 94.8517°W

LOCATION · Henderson, US

WIND

160°4 kt

KRFI · 442 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW070

T / Td

26 / 21

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 160°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 7,000 ft. 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 KRFI 130215Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM FEW070 26/21 A2998 RMK AO2 T02580211 $

KRFI · day 13 at 02:15 UTC · wind from 160° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 7,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

160°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

16 HDG 160° —CALM —— 4,004'

34 HDG 340° —CALM —— 4,004'

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 3,002'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 3,002'

Pattern altitude: 1,442 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 +12°C

1,800FT

+1,358 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV442 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT380 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KABI (Abilene Regional Airport, Abilene, elev 1,791 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW070

Few · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,472 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:21ZSUNRISE

18:07ZSOLAR NOON

23:52ZSUNSET

00:16ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:16Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 30m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:45Z MOONSET01:16Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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