// Station · 14m ago

KSTL

St. Louis Lambert International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28.9°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.86 inHg

ELEV 618 FT

38.7487°N / 90.3700°W

LOCATION · St Louis, US

WIND

190°7 kt

KSTL · 618 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW150

T / Td

29 / 15

ALTIM

29.86"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 190°/7 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 15,000 ft. 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 KSTL 130051Z COR 19007KT 10SM FEW150 29/15 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP101 T02890150 $

KSTL · day 13 at 00:51 UTC · wind from 190° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 15,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.86" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1010.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 7 kt

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID · 3 CAUTION

WIND

190°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

24★ HDG 240° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,603'

12L HDG 120° H2 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

12R HDG 120° H2 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

11 HDG 110° H1 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

29 HDG 290° T1 kt X7 kt LEFT —

30R HDG 300° T2 kt X7 kt LEFT —

30L HDG 300° T2 kt X7 kt LEFT —

06 HDG 060° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,618 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 +15°C

2,500FT

+1,882 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV618 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT674 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBKW (Raleigh County Memorial Airport, Beaver, elev 2,504 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+25%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-8%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW150

Few · base 15,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER15,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,214 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:08ZSUNRISE

17:49ZSOLAR NOON

23:29ZSUNSET

23:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:56Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 20m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:29Z MOONSET00:50Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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