// Station · 23m ago

KULS

Ulysses Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 12 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 31°C / 17°C

ALTIM 29.99 inHg

ELEV 3,071 FT

37.6040°N / 101.3740°W

LOCATION · Ulysses, US

WIND

150°12 kt

KULS · 3,071 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/12

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

31 / 17

ALTIM

29.99"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 150°/12 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 KULS 290055Z AUTO 15012KT 10SM CLR 31/17 A2999 RMK AO2

KULS · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 150° at 12 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 31°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.99" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 12 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

150°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17★ HDG 170° H11 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,000'

12 HDG 120° H10 kt X6 kt RIGHT 4,600'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

30 HDG 300° T10 kt X6 kt LEFT —

35 HDG 350° T11 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 4,071 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 +22°C

5,600FT

+2,529 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,071 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+22°C PRESSURE ALT2,997 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBKF (Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, elev 5,662 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+56%

-39%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+39%

-25%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+22%

-17%

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 LEVEL18,728 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:13ZSUNRISE

18:48ZSOLAR NOON

01:22ZSUNSET

01:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:49Z (31m) DAY LENGTH13h 08m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE01:00Z MOONSET14:09Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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