// Station · 32m ago

KATW

Appleton International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 180° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 24°C / 16°C

ALTIM 30.11 inHg

ELEV 918 FT

44.2585°N / 88.5190°W

LOCATION · Appleton, US

WIND

180°7 kt

KATW · 918 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT060 SCT120

T / Td

24 / 16

ALTIM

30.11"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 180°/7 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 6,000 ft, and scattered at 12,000 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 KATW 251545Z 18007KT 10SM SCT060 SCT120 24/16 A3011

KATW · day 25 at 15:45 UTC · wind from 180° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 6,000 ft · scattered layer at 12,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.11" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

180°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

21★ HDG 210° H6 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,003'

12 HDG 120° H4 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 86%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

30 HDG 300° T3 kt X6 kt LEFT —

03 HDG 030° T6 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,918 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

2,000FT

+1,082 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV918 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT726 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLNL (Kings Land O' Lakes Airport, Land O' Lakes, elev 1,704 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

SCT120

Scattered · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT060

Scattered · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,039 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:10ZSUNRISE

17:57ZSOLAR NOON

00:45ZSUNSET

01:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 27m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:15Z (8h 57m) DAY LENGTH13h 34m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:12Z MOONSET10:47Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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