// Station · 17m ago

KTOP

Philip Billard Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 28.3°C / 22.8°C

ALTIM 29.99 inHg

ELEV 881 FT

39.0699°N / 95.6226°W

LOCATION · Topeka, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KTOP · 881 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

28 / 23

ALTIM

29.99"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. 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 KTOP 251753Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02830228 10289 20200 58010

KTOP · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 29.99" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.8 mb

// 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 6 ends

13 HDG 130° —CALM —— 5,099'

31 HDG 310° —CALM —— 5,099'

18 HDG 180° —CALM —— 4,331'

36 HDG 360° —CALM —— 4,331'

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 3,002'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 3,002'

Pattern altitude: 1,881 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

2,600FT

+1,719 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV881 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT807 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 LEVEL15,174 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:46ZSUNRISE

18:26ZSOLAR NOON

01:05ZSUNSET

01:33ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:10Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 55m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:33Z (7h 22m) DAY LENGTH13h 19m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:52Z MOONSET11:12Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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