// Station · 22m ago

KSLK

Adirondack Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 4 kt

VIS 6.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 6,000 ft

T/Td 17.2°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

WX -RA BR

ELEV 1,663 FT

44.3869°N / 74.2046°W

LOCATION · Saranac Lake, US

WIND

270°4 kt

KSLK · 1,663 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/4

VIS

6.0 SM

CEILING

BKN060

LAYERS

FEW039 BKN060 OVC075

T / Td

17 / 15

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Light winds at 270°/4 kt, visibility 6.0 SM, a few at 3,900 ft, broken at 6,000 ft, and overcast at 7,500 ft. Reported weather: light rain and mist (-RA BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. 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 KSLK 251751Z AUTO 27004KT 6SM -RA BR FEW039 BKN060 OVC075 17/15 A2998 RMK AO2 RAB00E15B50 SLP148 P0001 60005 T01720150 10189 20150 53003

KSLK · day 25 at 17:51 UTC · wind from 270° at 4 kt · visibility 6.0 SM · a few clouds at 3,900 ft · broken layer at 6,000 ft · overcast at 7,500 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · weather: light rain and mist (-RA BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

270°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 6,573'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 6,573'

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 3,997'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 3,997'

Pattern altitude: 2,663 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 +5°C

2,200FT

+537 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,663 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT1,601 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KOLE (Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport, Olean, elev 2,135 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC075

Overcast · base 7,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN060

Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW039

Few · base 3,900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL10,350 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

10:12ZSUNRISE

17:00ZSOLAR NOON

23:48ZSUNSET

00:18ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 35m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:18Z (6h 05m) DAY LENGTH13h 35m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:19Z MOONSET09:54Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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