// Station · 10m ago

KTKC

Tracy Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 8 kt

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23°C / 18°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 1,340 FT

44.2491°N / 95.6073°W

LOCATION · Tracy, US

WIND

160°8 kt

KTKC · 1,340 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/8

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW029 FEW055 SCT120

T / Td

23 / 18

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 160°/8 kt. Visibility 9.0 SM and a few at 2,900 ft, a few at 5,500 ft, and scattered at 12,000 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-RA). 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 KTKC 290105Z AUTO 16008KT 9SM -RA FEW029 FEW055 SCT120 23/18 A2996 RMK AO2

KTKC · day 29 at 01:05 UTC · wind from 160° at 8 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · a few clouds at 2,900 ft · a few clouds at 5,500 ft · scattered layer at 12,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

160°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17★ HDG 170° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 1,778'

11 HDG 110° H5 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 75%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

29 HDG 290° T5 kt X6 kt LEFT —

35 HDG 350° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,340 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 +11°C

2,600FT

+1,260 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,340 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT1,299 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KANW (Ainsworth Regional Airport, Ainsworth, elev 2,589 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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT120

Scattered · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW055

Few · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW029

Few · base 2,900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~56% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL12,956 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:42ZSUNRISE

18:25ZSOLAR NOON

01:08ZSUNSET

01:38ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:38Z (22m) DAY LENGTH13h 26m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:29Z MOONSET13:55Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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