// Station · 19m ago

KRKD

Knox County Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21.7°C / 16.7°C

ALTIM 29.89 inHg

ELEV 56 FT

44.0601°N / 69.0992°W

LOCATION · Rockland, US

WIND

170°5 kt

KRKD · 56 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT060

T / Td

22 / 17

ALTIM

29.89"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 170°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 6,000 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 KRKD 251756Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM SCT060 22/17 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP122 6//// T02170167 10222 20161

KRKD · day 25 at 17:56 UTC · wind from 170° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 6,000 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.89" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

170°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

21★ HDG 210° H4 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,000'

13 HDG 130° H4 kt X3 kt RIGHT 5,412'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

03 HDG 030° T4 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

31 HDG 310° T4 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,056 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 +7°C

900FT

+844 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV56 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT83 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KB21 (Sugarloaf Regional Airport, Carrabassett, elev 885 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+9%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

SCT060

Scattered · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL11,016 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

09:52ZSUNRISE

16:40ZSOLAR NOON

23:27ZSUNSET

23:57ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 11m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:57Z (5h 41m) DAY LENGTH13h 34m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE19:59Z MOONSET09:33Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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