// Station · 7m ago

KSTK

Sterling Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 330° / 7 kt G14

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 13°C / 11°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 4,040 FT

40.6135°N / 103.2638°W

LOCATION · Sterling, US

WIND

330°7 kt

KSTK · 4,040 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 04Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

330°/7G14

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

13 / 11

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 330°/7 kt, gusting 14. 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 KSTK 130415Z AUTO 33007G14KT 302V002 10SM CLR 13/11 A2988 RMK AO2

KSTK · day 13 at 04:15 UTC · wind from 330° at 7 kt, gusts to 14 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 13°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 330° @ 7 ktG14

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

330°7G14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

33★ HDG 330° H7 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 5,201'

04 HDG 040° H2 kt X7 kt LEFT 2,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

22 HDG 220° T2 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

15 HDG 150° T7 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 5,040 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 +6°C

4,800FT

+760 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,040 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT4,079 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGJT (Grand Junction Regional Airport, Grand Junction, elev 4,858 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+48%

-34%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+34%

-22%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+19%

-14%

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 LEVEL10,606 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

13:01ZSUNRISE

18:40ZSOLAR NOON

00:19ZSUNSET

00:46ZCIVIL END

CURRENT04:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:46Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 17m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE14:29Z MOONSET01:47Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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