// Station · 4m ago

KRIL

Garfield County Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 10,000 ft

T/Td 13.3°C / 8.9°C

ALTIM 29.93 inHg

ELEV 5,548 FT

39.5263°N / 107.7270°W

LOCATION · Rifle, US

WIND

270°9 kt

KRIL · 5,548 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN100

LAYERS

FEW060 BKN100 OVC110

T / Td

13 / 9

ALTIM

29.93"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Moderate winds at 270°/9 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 6,000 ft, broken at 10,000 ft, and overcast at 11,000 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 KRIL 130153Z AUTO 27009KT 10SM FEW060 BKN100 OVC110 13/09 A2993 RMK AO2 RAB16E49 SLP097 P0001 T01330089

KRIL · day 13 at 01:53 UTC · wind from 270° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 6,000 ft · broken layer at 10,000 ft · overcast at 11,000 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.93" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1009.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

270°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

26★ HDG 260° H9 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

08 HDG 080° T9 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 6,548 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 +9°C

6,600FT

+1,052 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,548 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT5,536 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KHDN (Yampa Valley Airport, Hayden, elev 6,606 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+66%

-46%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+46%

-30%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+26%

-20%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC110

Overcast · base 11,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN100

Broken · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW060

Few · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,265 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

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

13:18ZSUNRISE

18:58ZSOLAR NOON

00:38ZSUNSET

01:05ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:57Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:05Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 19m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:41Z MOONSET02:00Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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