// Station · 44m ago

KAPN

Alpena County Regional Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 070° / 8 kt G17

VIS 4.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 200 ft

T/Td 12.2°C / 11.7°C

ALTIM 29.82 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 690 FT

45.0781°N / 83.5603°W

LOCATION · Alpena, US

WIND

070°8 kt

KAPN · 690 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

070°/8G17

VIS

4.0 SM

CEILING

OVC002

LAYERS

OVC002

T / Td

12 / 12

ALTIM

29.82"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 200 ft. Moderate winds at 070°/8 kt, gusting 17, visibility 4.0 SM, overcast at 200 ft. Reported weather: mist (BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI KAPN 130112Z AUTO 07008G17KT 4SM BR OVC002 12/12 A2982 RMK AO2 T01220117

KAPN · day 13 at 01:12 UTC · wind from 070° at 8 kt, gusts to 17 kt · visibility 4.0 SM · overcast at 200 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.82" Hg · weather: mist (BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 8 ktG17

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

070°8G17 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

07★ HDG 070° H8 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 5,028'

01 HDG 010° H4 kt X7 kt RIGHT 9,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

19 HDG 190° T4 kt X7 kt LEFT —

25 HDG 250° T8 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,690 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 -1°C

600FT

-90 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV690 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT788 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KHYX (Saginaw County H.W. Browne Airport, Saginaw, elev 601 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+6%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-2%

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)

OVC002

Overcast · base 200 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,852 ft VFR MARGIN-2,800 ft

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

11:47ZSUNRISE

17:21ZSOLAR NOON

22:56ZSUNSET

23:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:56Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:26Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 09m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:09Z MOONSET00:19Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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