// Station · 28m ago

KRKP

Aransas County Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 160° / 7 kt G18

VIS 4.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 1,700 ft

T/Td 28.9°C / 26.7°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 24 FT

28.0868°N / 97.0446°W

LOCATION · Rockport, US

WIND

160°7 kt

KRKP · 24 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/7G18

VIS

4.0 SM

CEILING

BKN017

LAYERS

BKN017 BKN025

T / Td

29 / 27

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,700 ft. Light winds at 160°/7 kt, gusting 18, visibility 4.0 SM, broken at 1,700 ft, and broken at 2,500 ft. Reported weather: mist (BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KRKP 130653Z AUTO 16007G18KT 4SM BR BKN017 BKN025 29/27 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02890267 $

KRKP · day 13 at 06:53 UTC · wind from 160° at 7 kt, gusts to 18 kt · visibility 4.0 SM · broken layer at 1,700 ft · broken layer at 2,500 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 27°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · weather: mist (BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 7 ktG18

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

160°7G18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

14★ HDG 140° H7 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,608'

18 HDG 180° H7 kt X2 kt LEFT 4,498'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

32 HDG 320° T7 kt X2 kt LEFT —

36 HDG 360° T7 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 ALT1 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN025

Broken · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN017

Broken · base 1,700 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,700 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL14,620 ft VFR MARGIN-1,300 ft

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

12:28ZSUNRISE

18:15ZSOLAR NOON

00:02ZSUNSET

00:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT07:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 41m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:26Z (17h 04m) DAY LENGTH11h 34m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE14:02Z MOONSET01:36Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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