// Station · 13m ago

KSPI

Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 21.1°C / 15.6°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 598 FT

39.8441°N / 89.6779°W

LOCATION · Springfield, US

WIND

120°6 kt

KSPI · 598 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

21 / 16

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 120°/6 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 KSPI 251352Z 12006KT 10SM CLR 21/16 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP197 T02110156

KSPI · day 25 at 13:52 UTC · wind from 120° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 6 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

120°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

13★ HDG 130° H6 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,399'

18 HDG 180° H3 kt X5 kt LEFT 5,300'

04 HDG 040° H1 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

22 HDG 220° T1 kt X6 kt LEFT —

36 HDG 360° T3 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

31 HDG 310° T6 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,598 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 +7°C

1,200FT

+602 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV598 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT394 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KDKB (DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport, DeKalb, elev 914 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL11,255 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:21ZSUNRISE

18:02ZSOLAR NOON

00:43ZSUNSET

01:11ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 37m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:11Z (11h 05m) DAY LENGTH13h 21m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE21:19Z MOONSET10:41Z FULL MOON IN3 days

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