// Station · 26m ago

KSDF

Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 100° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28.3°C / 13.3°C

ALTIM 30.07 inHg

ELEV 501 FT

38.1706°N / 85.7351°W

LOCATION · Louisville, US

WIND

100°6 kt

KSDF · 501 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

100°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW050 SCT300

T / Td

28 / 13

ALTIM

30.07"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 100°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 5,000 ft, and scattered at 30,000 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 KSDF 251956Z 10006KT 10SM FEW050 SCT300 28/13 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02830133

KSDF · day 25 at 19:56 UTC · wind from 100° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 5,000 ft · scattered layer at 30,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.07" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 100° @ 6 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

100°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

11★ HDG 110° H6 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,251'

17L HDG 170° H2 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

17R HDG 170° H2 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

35R HDG 350° T2 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

35L HDG 350° T2 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

29 HDG 290° T6 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,501 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 +14°C

2,000FT

+1,499 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV501 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT348 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KI35 (Tucker Guthrie Memorial Airport, Baxter, elev 1,551 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT300

Scattered · base 30,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW050

Few · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER30,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,794 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:07ZSUNRISE

17:46ZSOLAR NOON

00:25ZSUNSET

00:52ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 03m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:52Z (4h 30m) DAY LENGTH13h 17m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:18Z MOONSET10:35Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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