// Station · 9m ago

KUTS

Huntsville Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 33.3°C / 21.7°C

ALTIM 30.08 inHg

ELEV 363 FT

30.7469°N / 95.5872°W

LOCATION · Huntsville, US

WIND

210°5 kt

KUTS · 363 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

33 / 22

ALTIM

30.08"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 210°/5 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 KUTS 251653Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 33/22 A3008 RMK AO1 SLP179 T03330217

KUTS · day 25 at 16:53 UTC · wind from 210° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 33°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · automated station (no precipitation discriminator) · sea-level pressure 1017.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

210°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

18★ HDG 180° H4 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,005'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

36 HDG 360° T4 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,363 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 +19°C

2,400FT

+2,037 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV363 FT OAT+33°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT201 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KHHF (Hemphill County Airport, Canadian, elev 2,396 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+24%

-17%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+17%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-7%

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 LEVEL17,181 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:56ZSUNRISE

18:25ZSOLAR NOON

00:55ZSUNSET

01:20ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 52m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:20Z (8h 17m) DAY LENGTH12h 59m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:00Z MOONSET10:59Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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