// Station · 18m ago

KVPS

Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 4,300 ft

T/Td 31.7°C / 26.2°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 87 FT

30.4813°N / 86.5158°W

LOCATION · Valparaiso, US

WIND

200°10 kt

KVPS · 87 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN043

LAYERS

BKN043 OVC065

T / Td

32 / 26

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,300 ft. Moderate winds at 200°/10 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 4,300 ft, and overcast at 6,500 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 KVPS 251755Z AUTO 20010KT 10SM BKN043 OVC065 32/26 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP165 60000 T03170262 10322 20238 57011 $

KVPS · day 25 at 17:55 UTC · wind from 200° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 4,300 ft · overcast at 6,500 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

200°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

20★ HDG 200° H10 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 10,012'

12 HDG 120° H2 kt X10 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

30 HDG 300° T2 kt X10 kt LEFT —

02 HDG 020° T10 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,087 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 +17°C

2,000FT

+1,913 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV87 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT5 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KUOS (Franklin County Airport, Sewanee, elev 1,953 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

OVC065

Overcast · base 6,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN043

Broken · base 4,300 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING4,300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL16,097 ft VFR MARGIN+1,300 ft

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

11:20ZSUNRISE

17:49ZSOLAR NOON

00:19ZSUNSET

00:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 05m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:44Z (6h 30m) DAY LENGTH12h 59m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:26Z MOONSET10:25Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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