// Station · 6d ago · STALE · HARD STALE

KSAR

Sparta Community Airport - Hunter Field

CAT VFR

WIND 330° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26°C / 23°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 538 FT

38.1489°N / 89.6987°W

LOCATION · Sparta, US

WIND

330°5 kt

KSAR · 538 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

330°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT110

T / Td

26 / 23

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 330°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 11,000 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 KSAR 221504Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM SCT110 26/23 A3003 RMK AO2

KSAR · day 22 at 15:04 UTC · wind from 330° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 11,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 330° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

330°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

36★ HDG 360° H4 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,002'

27 HDG 270° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT 2,958'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

09 HDG 090° T3 kt X4 kt LEFT —

18 HDG 180° T4 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,538 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 +12°C

1,800FT

+1,262 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV538 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT426 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCSV (Crossville Memorial Airport Whitson Field, Crossville, elev 1,881 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT110

Scattered · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,669 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:26ZSUNRISE

18:01ZSOLAR NOON

00:36ZSUNSET

01:03ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 31m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:03Z (1h 58m) DAY LENGTH13h 10m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:08Z MOONSET13:19Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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