// Station · 20m ago
KWYS
Yellowstone Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 15°C / —
ALTIM 30.26 inHg
ELEV 6,649 FT
44.6884°N / 111.1180°W
LOCATION · West Yellowstone, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KWYS · 6,649 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 14Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
—
ALTIM
30.26"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. 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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METAR KWYS 111455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/ A3026 RMK AO2
KWYS · day 11 at 14:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · altimeter 30.26" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
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 +12°C
7,800FT
+1,151 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
FIELD ELEV6,649 FT
OAT+15°C
ISA DELTA+12°C
PRESSURE ALT6,307 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KASE
(Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field), Aspen, elev 7,820 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
DANGEROUS
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+78%
-55%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+55%
-35%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+31%
-23%
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 · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)
11:50ZSUNRISE
19:31ZSOLAR NOON
03:11ZSUNSET
03:47ZCIVIL END
CURRENT15:15Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 55m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:47Z (12h 31m)
DAY LENGTH15h 20m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%
MOONRISE09:16Z
MOONSET00:37Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)
KEKS
VFR
Ennis Big Sky Airport · Ennis
- WIND
- 140° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 42 NM NW
- AGE
- 25m ago
KDIJ
VFR
Driggs/Reed Memorial Airport · Driggs
- WIND
- 180° / 10 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 57 NM S
- AGE
- 19m ago
KRXE
VFR
Rexburg Madison County Airport · Rexburg
- WIND
- 050° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 59 NM SW
- AGE
- 22m ago
KBZN
VFR
Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport · Bozeman
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 65 NM N
- AGE
- 19m ago
KJAC
VFR
Jackson Hole Airport · Jackson
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 67 NM S
- AGE
- 19m ago
// Area map · 80 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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