// Station · 12m ago

K9D7

Cando Municipal Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 160° / 12 kt G19

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 24°C / -12°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 1,481 FT

48.4800°N / 99.2359°W

LOCATION · Cando, US

WIND

160°12 kt

K9D7 · 1,481 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/12G19

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW110

T / Td

24 / -12

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 5.0 SM. Moderate winds at 160°/12 kt, gusting 19, visibility 5.0 SM, a few at 11,000 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. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. 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 K9D7 282255Z AUTO 16012G19KT 5SM HZ FEW110 24/M12 A2991 RMK AO2

K9D7 · day 28 at 22:55 UTC · wind from 160° at 12 kt, gusts to 19 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · a few clouds at 11,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint -12°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg · weather: haze (HZ) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 12 ktG19

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

160°12G19 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

16★ HDG 160° H12 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 3,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

34 HDG 340° T12 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 2,481 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 +12°C

2,900FT

+1,419 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,481 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT1,487 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBWW (Bowman Regional Airport, Bowman, elev 2,965 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+29%

-20%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+20%

-13%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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)

FEW110

Few · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,602 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:50ZSUNRISE

18:39ZSOLAR NOON

01:29ZSUNSET

02:02ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 22m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:02Z (2h 55m) DAY LENGTH13h 39m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:32Z MOONSET14:11Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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