// Station · 20m ago

KTIP

Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 5,000 ft

T/Td 24.2°C / 18.5°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 737 FT

40.2936°N / 88.1424°W

LOCATION · Rantoul, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KTIP · 737 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN050

LAYERS

BKN050 BKN065

T / Td

24 / 19

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 5,000 ft, and broken at 6,500 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 KTIP 290055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN050 BKN065 24/19 A3012 RMK AO2 T02420185 TSNO

KTIP · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 5,000 ft · broken layer at 6,500 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 5,001'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 5,001'

18 HDG 180° —CALM —— 4,894'

36 HDG 360° —CALM —— 4,894'

Pattern altitude: 1,737 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 +10°C

1,800FT

+1,063 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV737 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT533 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KI16 (Kee Field, Pineville, elev 1,783 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN065

Broken · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN050

Broken · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL12,959 ft VFR MARGIN+2,000 ft

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

11:17ZSUNRISE

17:55ZSOLAR NOON

00:33ZSUNSET

01:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:01Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 15m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:04Z MOONSET13:20Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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