// Station · 13m ago

KSZL

Whiteman Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 11 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 26.5°C / 12.9°C

ALTIM 29.82 inHg

ELEV 870 FT

38.7303°N / 93.5479°W

LOCATION · Knob Noster, US

WIND

200°11 kt

KSZL · 870 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/11

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

27 / 13

ALTIM

29.82"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 200°/11 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 KSZL 130055Z AUTO 20011KT 10SM CLR 27/13 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP094 T02650129 $

KSZL · day 13 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 200° at 11 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 27°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.82" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1009.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 11 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

200°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

19★ HDG 190° H11 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 12,400'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

01 HDG 010° T11 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,870 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 +13°C

2,600FT

+1,730 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV870 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT968 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KDDC (Dodge City Regional Airport, Dodge City, elev 2,594 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+26%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-12%

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 · 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 LEVEL14,254 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:21ZSUNRISE

18:01ZSOLAR NOON

23:42ZSUNSET

00:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:08Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 20m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:42Z MOONSET01:03Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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