// Station · 34m ago

KAUW

Wausau Downtown Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 090° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 5,500 ft

T/Td 18.9°C / 17.2°C

ALTIM 29.67 inHg

ELEV 1,201 FT

44.9262°N / 89.6266°W

LOCATION · Wausau, US

WIND

090°7 kt

KAUW · 1,201 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC055

LAYERS

OVC055

T / Td

19 / 17

ALTIM

29.67"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,500 ft. Light winds at 090°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 5,500 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 KAUW 130154Z AUTO 09007KT 10SM OVC055 19/17 A2967 RMK AO2 SLP048 T01890172 $

KAUW · day 13 at 01:54 UTC · wind from 090° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 5,500 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.67" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1004.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 7 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

090°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

12★ HDG 120° H6 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,950'

12W HDG 120° H6 kt X3 kt LEFT 8,000'

04 HDG 040° H4 kt X5 kt RIGHT 3,085'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

22 HDG 220° T4 kt X5 kt LEFT —

30 HDG 300° T6 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

30W HDG 300° T6 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,201 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

2,300FT

+1,099 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,201 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT1,449 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRBE (Rock County Airport, Bassett, elev 2,349 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+23%

-16%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+16%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC055

Overcast · base 5,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL10,746 ft VFR MARGIN+2,500 ft

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

12:11ZSUNRISE

17:46ZSOLAR NOON

23:21ZSUNSET

23:50ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:28Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:50Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 09m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:35Z MOONSET00:44Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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