// Station · 31m ago

KSAD

Safford Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 080° / 9 kt G18

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 33.3°C / 11.7°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

ELEV 3,179 FT

32.8548°N / 109.6350°W

LOCATION · Safford, US

WIND

080°9 kt

KSAD · 3,179 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

080°/9G18

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW095 SCT120

T / Td

33 / 12

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 080°/9 kt, gusting 18. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 9,500 ft, and scattered at 12,000 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 290251Z AUTO 08009G18KT 10SM FEW095 SCT120 33/12 A2998 RMK AO2 PK WND 09030/0229 RAB27E44 SLP088 P0000 60000 T03330117 50019

KSAD · day 29 at 02:51 UTC · wind from 080° at 9 kt, gusts to 18 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 9,500 ft · scattered layer at 12,000 ft · temp 33°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1008.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 080° @ 9 ktG18

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

080°9G18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

08★ HDG 080° H9 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 4,802'

12 HDG 120° H7 kt X6 kt LEFT 6,007'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

30 HDG 300° T7 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

26 HDG 260° T9 kt X0 kt — —

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 +24°C

6,100FT

+2,921 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,179 FT OAT+33°C ISA DELTA+24°C PRESSURE ALT3,117 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KTYL (Taylor Airport, Taylor, elev 5,823 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+61%

-43%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+43%

-27%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+24%

-18%

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)

SCT120

Scattered · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW095

Few · base 9,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL19,997 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:51ZSUNRISE

19:21ZSOLAR NOON

01:50ZSUNSET

02:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT03:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:15Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 58m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE01:43Z MOONSET14:41Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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