// Station · 13m ago

KRST

Rochester International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 10 kt

VIS 7.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 17.2°C

ALTIM 29.63 inHg

ELEV 1,317 FT

43.9083°N / 92.5000°W

LOCATION · Rochester, US

WIND

200°10 kt

KRST · 1,317 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/10

VIS

7.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW060 SCT075

T / Td

25 / 17

ALTIM

29.63"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 200°/10 kt. Visibility 7.0 SM and a few at 6,000 ft, and scattered at 7,500 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 KRST 130054Z 20010KT 7SM FEW060 SCT075 25/17 A2963 RMK AO2 SLP027 T02500172 $

KRST · day 13 at 00:54 UTC · wind from 200° at 10 kt · visibility 7.0 SM · a few clouds at 6,000 ft · scattered layer at 7,500 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.63" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1002.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

200°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

21★ HDG 210° H10 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,301'

13 HDG 130° H3 kt X9 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 90%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

31 HDG 310° T3 kt X9 kt LEFT —

03 HDG 030° T10 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,317 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 +13°C

3,200FT

+1,883 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,317 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT1,604 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRAP (Rapid City Regional Airport, Rapid City, elev 3,204 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+32%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+13%

-10%

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)

SCT075

Scattered · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW060

Few · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER7,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,943 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:21ZSUNRISE

17:57ZSOLAR NOON

23:33ZSUNSET

00:02ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:02Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 11m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:42Z MOONSET00:54Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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