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// Station · 7m ago

KVEL

Vernal Regional Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 220° / 5 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 26.1°C / 7.8°C
ALTIM 30.35 inHg
ELEV 5,278 FT
40.4362°N / 109.5117°W
LOCATION · Vernal, US
N
WIND
220°5 kt
KVEL · 5,278 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 16Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
220°/5
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
 
 
 
T / Td
26 / 8
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.35"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 220°/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 KVEL 251653Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 26/08 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP204 T02610078

KVEL · day 25 at 16:53 UTC · wind from 220° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 30.35" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1020.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 5 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
N
WIND
220°5 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
17 HDG 170° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,000'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
35 HDG 350° T3 kt X4 kt LEFT
Pattern altitude: 6,278 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 +21°C

7,300FT
+2,022 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV5,278 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+21°C PRESSURE ALT4,844 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBCE (Bryce Canyon Airport, Bryce Canyon, elev 7,590 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+73%
-51%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+51%
-33%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+29%
-22%

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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 18,460 FT KVEL ELEV · 5,278 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL18,460 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:40ZSUNRISE
19:21ZSOLAR NOON
02:03ZSUNSET
02:31ZCIVIL END
CURRENT17:00Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 02m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:31Z (9h 30m) DAY LENGTH13h 23m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:43Z MOONSET12:07Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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