// Station · 10m ago

KTOP

Philip Billard Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 28.3°C / 18.3°C

ALTIM 29.77 inHg

ELEV 881 FT

39.0699°N / 95.6226°W

LOCATION · Topeka, US

WIND

170°8 kt

KTOP · 881 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

28 / 18

ALTIM

29.77"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 170°/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 KTOP 130053Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM CLR 28/18 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP070 T02830183 $

KTOP · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 170° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.77" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1007.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 8 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

170°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

18★ HDG 180° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,331'

13 HDG 130° H6 kt X5 kt RIGHT 5,099'

22 HDG 220° H5 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 75%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

04 HDG 040° T5 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

31 HDG 310° T6 kt X5 kt LEFT —

36 HDG 360° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

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

2,900FT

+2,019 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV881 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT1,029 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K19S (Sublette Municipal Airport, Sublette, elev 2,908 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+29%

-20%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+20%

-13%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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)

12:30ZSUNRISE

18:10ZSOLAR NOON

23:50ZSUNSET

00:16ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:16Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 20m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:50Z MOONSET01:11Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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