// Station · 31m ago

KRKW

Rockwood Municipal Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND CALM

VIS 3.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 3,600 ft

T/Td 22°C / 22°C

ALTIM 30.14 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 1,664 FT

35.9223°N / 84.6897°W

LOCATION · Rockwood, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KRKW · 1,664 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

3.0 SM

CEILING

BKN036

LAYERS

FEW003 SCT029 BKN036

T / Td

22 / 22

ALTIM

30.14"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 3.0 SM. Winds calm, visibility 3.0 SM, a few at 300 ft, scattered at 2,900 ft, and broken at 3,600 ft. Reported weather: BR. 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 KRKW 142235Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR FEW003 SCT029 BKN036 22/22 A3014 RMK A01

KRKW · day 14 at 22:35 UTC · winds calm · visibility 3.0 SM · a few clouds at 300 ft · scattered layer at 2,900 ft · broken layer at 3,600 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.14" Hg · weather: BR

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 5,000'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 5,000'

Pattern altitude: 2,664 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 +10°C

2,600FT

+936 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV1,664 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT1,443 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K6A4 (Johnson County Airport, Mountain City, elev 2,240 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+26%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-8%

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.

// Cloud layers · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN036

Broken · base 3,600 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT029

Scattered · base 2,900 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW003

Few · base 300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,600 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,775 ft VFR MARGIN+600 ft

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

10:34ZSUNRISE

17:45ZSOLAR NOON

00:57ZSUNSET

01:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 51m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:26Z (2h 20m) DAY LENGTH14h 23m

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE10:42Z MOONSET01:05Z FULL MOON IN15 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of KRKW.

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