// Station · 29m ago

KAMW

Ames Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 20°C / 17.8°C

ALTIM 30.05 inHg

ELEV 956 FT

41.9920°N / 93.6218°W

LOCATION · Ames, US

WIND

150°5 kt

KAMW · 956 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

20 / 18

ALTIM

30.05"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 150°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 KAMW 290253Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02000178 55001

KAMW · day 29 at 02:53 UTC · wind from 150° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 20°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.05" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

150°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

13★ HDG 130° H5 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,491'

19 HDG 190° H4 kt X3 kt LEFT 5,701'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

01 HDG 010° T4 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

31 HDG 310° T5 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,956 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 +7°C

1,600FT

+644 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV956 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT823 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KISB (Sibley Municipal Airport, Sibley, elev 1,538 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL11,057 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:37ZSUNRISE

18:17ZSOLAR NOON

00:57ZSUNSET

01:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT03:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:26Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 19m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:28Z MOONSET13:48Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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