// Station · 14m ago

K49B

Sturgis Municipal Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 330° / 11 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 1,500 ft

T/Td 5°C / 4°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 3,243 FT

44.4180°N / 103.3750°W

LOCATION · Sturgis, US

WIND

330°11 kt

K49B · 3,243 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

330°/11

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC015

LAYERS

OVC015

T / Td

5 / 4

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,500 ft. Moderate winds at 330°/11 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 1,500 ft. 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 K49B 130615Z AUTO 33011KT 10SM OVC015 05/04 A2997 RMK AO2

K49B · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · wind from 330° at 11 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 1,500 ft · temp 5°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 330° @ 11 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

330°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

29★ HDG 290° H8 kt X7 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,100'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

11 HDG 110° T8 kt X7 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 4,243 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 -4°C

2,700FT

-543 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,243 FT OAT+5°C ISA DELTA-4°C PRESSURE ALT3,190 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSUO (Rosebud Sioux Tribal Airport, Rosebud, elev 2,724 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+27%

-19%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+19%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-8%

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)

OVC015

Overcast · base 1,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL5,768 ft VFR MARGIN-1,500 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

13:05ZSUNRISE

18:41ZSOLAR NOON

00:16ZSUNSET

00:45ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:29Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:45Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 10m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE14:37Z MOONSET01:48Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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