// Station · 7m ago

KAQP

Appleton Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 14,000 ft

T/Td 22.6°C / 18.8°C

ALTIM 29.92 inHg

ELEV 1,020 FT

45.2282°N / 96.0059°W

LOCATION · Appleton, US

WIND

140°9 kt

KAQP · 1,020 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 03Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN140

LAYERS

BKN140 OVC170

T / Td

23 / 19

ALTIM

29.92"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 14,000 ft. Moderate winds at 140°/9 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 14,000 ft, and overcast at 17,000 ft. 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 KAQP 290315Z AUTO 14009KT 10SM BKN140 OVC170 23/19 A2992 RMK AO2 T02260188 $

KAQP · day 29 at 03:15 UTC · wind from 140° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 14,000 ft · overcast at 17,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.92" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

140°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

13★ HDG 130° H9 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,500'

22 HDG 220° H2 kt X9 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

04 HDG 040° T2 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

31 HDG 310° T9 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,020 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 +10°C

2,200FT

+1,180 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,020 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT1,017 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCKC (Grand Marais Cook County Airport, Grand Marais, elev 1,799 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC170

Overcast · base 17,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN140

Broken · base 14,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING14,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER17,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,434 ft VFR MARGIN+11,000 ft

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

11:42ZSUNRISE

18:26ZSOLAR NOON

01:11ZSUNSET

01:42ZCIVIL END

CURRENT03:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:42Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 28m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:33Z MOONSET14:02Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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