// Station · 1h 16m ago · STALE

KTRK

Truckee Tahoe Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 6,500 ft

T/Td 7°C / -1°C

ALTIM 29.92 inHg

ELEV 5,900 FT

39.3186°N / 120.1406°W

LOCATION · Truckee, US

WIND

250°10 kt

KTRK · 5,900 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN065

LAYERS

SCT045 BKN065 BKN075

T / Td

7 / -1

ALTIM

29.92"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,500 ft. Moderate winds at 250°/10 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 4,500 ft, broken at 6,500 ft, and broken at 7,500 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 KTRK 130047Z 25010KT 10SM SCT045 BKN065 BKN075 07/M01 A2992

KTRK · day 13 at 00:47 UTC · wind from 250° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 4,500 ft · broken layer at 6,500 ft · broken layer at 7,500 ft · temp 7°C / dewpoint -1°C · altimeter 29.92" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

250°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

29★ HDG 290° H8 kt X6 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,001'

20 HDG 200° H6 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 80%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

02 HDG 020° T6 kt X8 kt LEFT —

11 HDG 110° T8 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 6,900 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 +4°C

6,300FT

+400 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,900 FT OAT+7°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT5,897 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KTVL (Lake Tahoe Airport, South Lake Tahoe, elev 6,264 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+63%

-44%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+44%

-28%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+25%

-19%

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)

BKN075

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

BKN065

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

SCT045

Scattered · base 4,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,435 ft VFR MARGIN+3,500 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

14:08ZSUNRISE

19:48ZSOLAR NOON

01:27ZSUNSET

01:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:54Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 19m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:31Z MOONSET02:50Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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