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// Station · 19m ago

KSMN

Lemhi County Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 310° / 3 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 25.6°C / 8.9°C
ALTIM 30.21 inHg
ELEV 4,043 FT
45.1222°N / 113.8820°W
LOCATION · Salmon, US
N
WIND
310°3 kt
KSMN · 4,043 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 17Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
310°/3
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
 
 
 
T / Td
26 / 9
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.21"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 310°/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 KSMN 251756Z AUTO 31003KT 10SM CLR 26/09 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP191 T02560089 10256 20150 58014

KSMN · day 25 at 17:56 UTC · wind from 310° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.21" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 3 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
310°3 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
17 HDG 170° CALM 5,510'
35 HDG 350° CALM 5,510'
Pattern altitude: 5,043 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 +18°C

5,900FT
+1,857 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV4,043 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT3,751 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K1U7 (Bear Lake County Airport, Paris, elev 5,928 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+59%
-41%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+41%
-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 · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 16,972 FT KSMN ELEV · 4,043 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL16,972 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

12:50ZSUNRISE
19:39ZSOLAR NOON
02:27ZSUNSET
02:58ZCIVIL END
CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 12m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:58Z (8h 43m) DAY LENGTH13h 37m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:56Z MOONSET12:34Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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