// Station · 8m ago

KSVC

Grant County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 19.8°C / 9.3°C

ALTIM 30.08 inHg

ELEV 5,446 FT

32.6367°N / 108.1547°W

LOCATION · Silver City, US

WIND

270°8 kt

KSVC · 5,446 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

20 / 9

ALTIM

30.08"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 270°/8 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 KSVC 130055Z AUTO 27008KT 10SM CLR 20/09 A3008 RMK AO2 T01980093

KSVC · day 13 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 270° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 20°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 8 kt

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

270°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

26★ HDG 260° H8 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,803'

30 HDG 300° H7 kt X4 kt LEFT 4,675'

21 HDG 210° H4 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 88%

35 HDG 350° H1 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

17 HDG 170° T1 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

03 HDG 030° T4 kt X7 kt LEFT —

12 HDG 120° T7 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

08 HDG 080° T8 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 6,446 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

7,100FT

+1,654 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,446 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT5,284 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSKX (Taos Regional Airport, Taos, elev 7,095 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+71%

-50%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+50%

-32%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+28%

-21%

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 LEVEL15,446 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:15ZSUNRISE

19:00ZSOLAR NOON

00:45ZSUNSET

01:09ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:09Z (6m) DAY LENGTH11h 29m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:36Z MOONSET02:05Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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