// Station · 36m ago

KSPI

Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 26.1°C / 15.6°C

ALTIM 29.82 inHg

ELEV 598 FT

39.8441°N / 89.6779°W

LOCATION · Springfield, US

WIND

190°10 kt

KSPI · 598 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 16

ALTIM

29.82"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 190°/10 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 130152Z 19010KT 10SM CLR 26/16 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP093 T02610156

KSPI · day 13 at 01:52 UTC · wind from 190° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.82" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1009.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 10 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

190°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

18★ HDG 180° H10 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,300'

22 HDG 220° H9 kt X5 kt LEFT 8,001'

13 HDG 130° H5 kt X9 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 90%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

31 HDG 310° T5 kt X9 kt LEFT —

04 HDG 040° T9 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

36 HDG 360° T10 kt X2 kt LEFT —

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 +12°C

2,200FT

+1,602 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV598 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT696 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBUB (Cram Field, Burwell, elev 2,182 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

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 · 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 LEVEL13,780 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:06ZSUNRISE

17:46ZSOLAR NOON

23:25ZSUNSET

23:52ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:28Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:52Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 18m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:30Z MOONSET00:49Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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