// Station · 8m ago

KRIF

Richfield Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 24°C / 9°C

ALTIM 30.13 inHg

ELEV 5,301 FT

38.7341°N / 112.1016°W

LOCATION · Richfield, US

WIND

VRB3 kt

KRIF · 5,301 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 03Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW120

T / Td

24 / 9

ALTIM

30.13"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 12,000 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 KRIF 290315Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM FEW120 24/09 A3013 RMK AO2

KRIF · day 29 at 03:15 UTC · wind variable at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 12,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.13" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

01 HDG 010° —CALM —— 7,100'

19 HDG 190° —CALM —— 7,100'

Pattern altitude: 6,301 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 +19°C

7,400FT

+2,099 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,301 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT5,089 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBCE (Bryce Canyon Airport, Bryce Canyon, elev 7,590 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+74%

-52%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+52%

-33%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+30%

-22%

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)

FEW120

Few · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL17,422 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:55ZSUNRISE

19:31ZSOLAR NOON

02:06ZSUNSET

02:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT03:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:34Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 11m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE01:46Z MOONSET14:58Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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