// Station · 25m ago

KSDF

Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 5,500 ft

T/Td 27.8°C / 21.7°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 501 FT

38.1706°N / 85.7351°W

LOCATION · Louisville, US

WIND

290°5 kt

KSDF · 501 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN055

LAYERS

SCT037 BKN055

T / Td

28 / 22

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,500 ft. Light winds at 290°/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 3,700 ft, and broken at 5,500 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 KSDF 111856Z 29005KT 10SM SCT037 BKN055 28/22 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP158 T02780217 $

KSDF · day 11 at 18:56 UTC · wind from 290° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 3,700 ft · broken layer at 5,500 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 5 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

290°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

29★ HDG 290° H5 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 7,251'

35R HDG 350° H3 kt X4 kt LEFT 8,578'

35L HDG 350° H3 kt X4 kt LEFT 11,887'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

17L HDG 170° T2 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

17R HDG 170° T2 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

11 HDG 110° T5 kt X0 kt — —

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 ↘ -200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV501 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT410 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 MINOR

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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN055

Broken · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT037

Scattered · base 3,700 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL14,541 ft VFR MARGIN+2,500 ft

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

10:30ZSUNRISE

17:49ZSOLAR NOON

01:08ZSUNSET

01:39ZCIVIL END

CURRENT19:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 47m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:39Z (6h 18m) DAY LENGTH14h 38m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION10% MOONRISE08:04Z MOONSET22:43Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

KLOU

VFR

Bowman Field · Louisville

WIND: 270° / 8 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN042
DIST: 5 NM NE
AGE: 28m ago

KJVY

MVFR

Clark Regional Airport · Jeffersonville

WIND: 260° / 4 kt
VIS: 7.0 SM
CEILING: BKN024
DIST: 12 NM N
AGE: 6m ago

KFTK

VFR

Godman Army Air Field · Fort Knox

WIND: 280° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN031
DIST: 19 NM SW
AGE: 26m ago

KBRY

VFR

Samuels Field · Bardstown

WIND: 270° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN060
DIST: 24 NM SE
AGE: 6m ago

KEKX

VFR

Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport · Elizabethtown

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT036
DIST: 30 NM S
AGE: 6m ago

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