// Station · 14m ago

KRKS

Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 12 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 6,000 ft

T/Td 7.8°C / 6.1°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 6,764 FT

41.5942°N / 109.0650°W

LOCATION · Rock Springs, US

WIND

140°12 kt

KRKS · 6,764 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/12

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN060

LAYERS

SCT048 BKN060 BKN090

T / Td

8 / 6

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Moderate winds at 140°/12 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 4,800 ft, broken at 6,000 ft, and broken at 9,000 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 KRKS 130054Z AUTO 14012KT 10SM SCT048 BKN060 BKN090 08/06 A2988 RMK AO2 RAE48 SLP085 P0001 T00780061

KRKS · day 13 at 00:54 UTC · wind from 140° at 12 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 4,800 ft · broken layer at 6,000 ft · broken layer at 9,000 ft · temp 8°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1008.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 12 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

140°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

09★ HDG 090° H8 kt X9 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,002'

21 HDG 210° H4 kt X11 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 92%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

03 HDG 030° T4 kt X11 kt RIGHT —

27 HDG 270° T8 kt X9 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 7,764 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 +6°C

7,600FT

+836 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV6,764 FT OAT+8°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT6,803 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KEMM (Kemmerer Municipal Airport, Kemmerer, elev 7,285 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+76%

-53%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+53%

-34%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+30%

-23%

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)

BKN090

Broken · base 9,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN060

Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT048

Scattered · base 4,800 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL10,703 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

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

13:26ZSUNRISE

19:03ZSOLAR NOON

00:41ZSUNSET

01:09ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:09Z (0m) DAY LENGTH11h 15m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:47Z MOONSET02:02Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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