// Station · 3m ago

MWCR

Owen Roberts International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 080° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29°C / 26°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 8 FT

19.2928°N / 81.3577°W

LOCATION · George Town, KY

WIND

080°9 kt

MWCR · 8 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

080°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW018

T / Td

29 / 26

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 080°/9 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,800 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 MWCR 130200Z 08009KT 9999 FEW018 29/26 Q1012

MWCR · day 13 at 02:00 UTC · wind from 080° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,800 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 080° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

080°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

08★ HDG 080° H9 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 7,867'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

26 HDG 260° T9 kt X0 kt — —

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 +14°C

1,700FT

+1,692 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV8 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT44 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,692 ft above MWCR's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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)

FEW018

Few · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,654 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:19ZSUNRISE

17:13ZSOLAR NOON

23:06ZSUNSET

23:28ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:28Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 46m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE12:42Z MOONSET00:29Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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