// Station · 15m ago

MWCB

Charles Kirkconnell International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 32°C / 26°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 8 FT

19.6870°N / 79.8828°W

LOCATION · West End, KY

WIND

120°8 kt

MWCB · 8 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT016

T / Td

32 / 26

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 120°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 1,600 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 MWCB 251600Z 12008KT 9999 SCT016 32/26 Q1016

MWCB · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 120° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 1,600 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

120°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

09★ HDG 090° H7 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

27 HDG 270° T7 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,008 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

1,900FT

+1,892 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV8 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT-74 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,900 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,892 ft above MWCB's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+19%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT016

Scattered · base 1,600 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL16,170 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

11:03ZSUNRISE

17:23ZSOLAR NOON

23:42ZSUNSET

00:04ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 26m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:04Z (7h 48m) DAY LENGTH12h 38m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:06Z MOONSET09:44Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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