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// Station · 18m ago

KWYS

Yellowstone Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING Few/scattered only
T/Td -1°C / —
ALTIM 29.94 inHg
ELEV 6,649 FT
44.6884°N / 111.1180°W
LOCATION · West Yellowstone, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
KWYS · 6,649 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 11Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
 
 
 
LAYERS
FEW002
 
 
 
T / Td
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.94"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 200 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 KWYS 271135Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW002 M01/ A2994 RMK AO2

KWYS · day 27 at 11:35 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 200 ft · altimeter 29.94" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
01 HDG 010° CALM 8,400'
19 HDG 190° CALM 8,400'
Pattern altitude: 7,649 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 -3°C

6,300FT
-349 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -200 FT
9,300 7,600 5,900
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV6,649 FT OAT-1°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT6,626 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KJAC (Jackson Hole Airport, Jackson, elev 6,451 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+63%
-44%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+44%
-28%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+25%
-19%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 6,649 FT FEW002 KWYS ELEV · 6,649 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
FEW002
Few · base 200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL6,649 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:46ZSUNRISE
19:23ZSOLAR NOON
02:59ZSUNSET
03:34ZCIVIL END
CURRENT11:53Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 05m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:34Z (15h 41m) DAY LENGTH15h 12m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE20:31Z MOONSET11:44Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

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