// Station · 26m ago

TKPN

Vance W. Amory International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 080° / 13 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 31°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

WX VCSH

ELEV 14 FT

17.2057°N / 62.5899°W

LOCATION · Charlestown, KN

WIND

080°13 kt

TKPN · 14 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

080°/13

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW018

T / Td

31 / 25

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 080°/13 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,800 ft. Reported weather: showers in the vicinity (VCSH). 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 TKPN 252000Z 08013KT 9999 VCSH FEW018 31/25 Q1015

TKPN · day 25 at 20:00 UTC · wind from 080° at 13 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,800 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · weather: showers in the vicinity (VCSH)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 080° @ 13 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

080°13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

10★ HDG 100° H12 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,996'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

28 HDG 280° T12 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,014 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 +16°C

1,900FT

+1,886 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV14 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT-39 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 +1,886 ft above TKPN'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)

FEW018

Few · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,671 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-4)

09:56ZSUNRISE

16:13ZSOLAR NOON

22:31ZSUNSET

22:53ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:26Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 04m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:53Z (2h 26m) DAY LENGTH12h 34m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:07Z MOONSET08:41Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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