// Station · 17m ago

KRQB

Roben Hood Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 6,500 ft

T/Td 20°C / 18°C

ALTIM 29.70 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 990 FT

43.7226°N / 85.5041°W

LOCATION · Big Rapids, US

WIND

200°5 kt

KRQB · 990 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN065

LAYERS

FEW050 BKN065 OVC100

T / Td

20 / 18

ALTIM

29.70"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,500 ft. Light winds at 200°/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 5,000 ft, broken at 6,500 ft, and overcast at 10,000 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-RA). 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 KRQB 130615Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM -RA FEW050 BKN065 OVC100 20/18 A2970 RMK AO2

KRQB · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · wind from 200° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 5,000 ft · broken layer at 6,500 ft · overcast at 10,000 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.70" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

200°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

14★ HDG 140° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 2,699'

27 HDG 270° H2 kt X5 kt LEFT 4,300'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

09 HDG 090° T2 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

32 HDG 320° T2 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,990 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

2,100FT

+1,110 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV990 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT1,209 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KOLE (Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport, Olean, elev 2,135 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

OVC100

Overcast · base 10,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN065

Broken · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW050

Few · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,091 ft VFR MARGIN+3,500 ft

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

11:54ZSUNRISE

17:29ZSOLAR NOON

23:03ZSUNSET

23:32ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:32Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 31m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:32Z (17h 00m) DAY LENGTH11h 09m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:26Z MOONSET00:36Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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