// Station · 38m ago

KSAD

Safford Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 070° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 10,000 ft

T/Td 20°C / 12.2°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 3,179 FT

32.8548°N / 109.6350°W

LOCATION · Safford, US

WIND

070°3 kt

KSAD · 3,179 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 05Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

070°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN100

LAYERS

FEW080 BKN100

T / Td

20 / 12

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Light winds at 070°/3 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 8,000 ft, and broken at 10,000 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 KSAD 130551Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM FEW080 BKN100 20/12 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP099 T02000122 10244 20189 51004 $

KSAD · day 13 at 05:51 UTC · wind from 070° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 8,000 ft · broken layer at 10,000 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1009.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

070°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 6,007'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 6,007'

08 HDG 080° —CALM —— 4,802'

26 HDG 260° —CALM —— 4,802'

Pattern altitude: 4,179 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 +11°C

4,500FT

+1,321 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,179 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT3,138 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KPGA (Page Municipal Airport, Page, elev 4,316 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+45%

-32%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+32%

-20%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+18%

-14%

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)

BKN100

Broken · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW080

Few · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,280 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

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

13:21ZSUNRISE

19:06ZSOLAR NOON

00:50ZSUNSET

01:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:29Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:15Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 29m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE14:53Z MOONSET02:22Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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