// Station · 26m ago

KRKP

Aransas County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 29.4°C / 25.6°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 24 FT

28.0868°N / 97.0446°W

LOCATION · Rockport, US

WIND

130°9 kt

KRKP · 24 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

29 / 26

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 130°/9 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 KRKP 290053Z AUTO 13009KT 10SM CLR 29/26 A2997 RMK AO2 PRESRR SLP149 T02940256 $

KRKP · day 29 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 130° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 29°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

130°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

14★ HDG 140° H9 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,608'

18 HDG 180° H6 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 78%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

36 HDG 360° T6 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

32 HDG 320° T9 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,024 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 +14°C

1,700FT

+1,676 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV24 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT-29 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCOM (Coleman Municipal Airport, Coleman, elev 1,697 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL14,872 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:06ZSUNRISE

18:30ZSOLAR NOON

00:55ZSUNSET

01:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:19Z (0m) DAY LENGTH12h 49m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:53Z MOONSET13:42Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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