// Station · 4h 19m ago · STALE

VAKS

Keshod Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 250° / 9 kt

VIS 3.1 SM

CEILING BKN at 8,000 ft

T/Td 31°C / 23°C

ALTIM 29.71 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 167 FT

21.3171°N / 70.2704°E

LOCATION · Keshod, IN

WIND

250°9 kt

VAKS · 167 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/9

VIS

3.1 SM

CEILING

BKN080

LAYERS

SCT020 BKN080

T / Td

31 / 23

ALTIM

29.71"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 3.1 SM. Moderate winds at 250°/9 kt, visibility 3.1 SM, scattered at 2,000 ft, and broken at 8,000 ft. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR VAKS 251200Z 25009KT 5000 HZ SCT020 BKN080 31/23 Q1006 NOSIG

VAKS · day 25 at 12:00 UTC · wind from 250° at 9 kt · visibility 3.1 SM · scattered layer at 2,000 ft · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 29.71" Hg · weather: haze (HZ)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

250°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

23★ HDG 230° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

05 HDG 050° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,167 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

2,400FT

+2,233 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV167 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT380 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at VABM (Belagavi Airport, Belgaum, elev 2,487 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+24%

-17%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+17%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-7%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN080

Broken · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT020

Scattered · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL15,824 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

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

01:01ZSUNRISE

07:22ZSOLAR NOON

13:43ZSUNSET

14:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS14:06Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 41m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE11:04Z MOONSET23:46Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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