// Station · 28m ago

KAMW

Ames Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 16.1°C / 12.2°C

ALTIM 29.82 inHg

ELEV 956 FT

41.9920°N / 93.6218°W

LOCATION · Ames, US

WIND

290°9 kt

KAMW · 956 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 03Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

16 / 12

ALTIM

29.82"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 290°/9 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 130353Z AUTO 29009KT 10SM CLR 16/12 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP089 T01610122

KAMW · day 13 at 03:53 UTC · wind from 290° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 16°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.82" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1008.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

290°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

31★ HDG 310° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,491'

01 HDG 010° H2 kt X9 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

19 HDG 190° T2 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

13 HDG 130° T8 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

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 +3°C

1,400FT

+444 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV956 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT1,054 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSXK (Sioux County Regional Airport, Maurice, elev 1,409 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-4%

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 LEVEL9,087 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:24ZSUNRISE

18:02ZSOLAR NOON

23:39ZSUNSET

00:07ZCIVIL END

CURRENT04:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:07Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 15m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:52Z MOONSET01:07Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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