// Station · 16m ago

KU68

North Big Horn County Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 280° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 2,800 ft

T/Td 5°C / 5°C

ALTIM 29.95 inHg

ELEV 4,090 FT

44.9120°N / 108.4435°W

LOCATION · Cowley, US

WIND

280°6 kt

KU68 · 4,090 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN028

LAYERS

BKN028 OVC045

T / Td

5 / 5

ALTIM

29.95"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,800 ft. Light winds at 280°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 2,800 ft, and overcast at 4,500 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KU68 130615Z AUTO 28006KT 10SM BKN028 OVC045 05/05 A2995 RMK AO2

KU68 · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · wind from 280° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 2,800 ft · overcast at 4,500 ft · temp 5°C / dewpoint 5°C · altimeter 29.95" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

280°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

27★ HDG 270° H6 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,199'

34 HDG 340° H3 kt X5 kt LEFT 1,866'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

16 HDG 160° T3 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

09 HDG 090° T6 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 5,090 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 -2°C

3,800FT

-290 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,090 FT OAT+5°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT4,058 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGEY (South Big Horn County Airport, Greybull, elev 3,939 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+38%

-27%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+27%

-17%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+15%

-11%

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)

OVC045

Overcast · base 4,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN028

Broken · base 2,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,615 ft VFR MARGIN-200 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

13:26ZSUNRISE

19:01ZSOLAR NOON

00:36ZSUNSET

01:05ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:31Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:05Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 09m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE14:58Z MOONSET02:08Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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