// Station · 20m ago

KCCY

Northeast Iowa Regional Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 210° / 8 kt

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26°C / 18°C

ALTIM 29.67 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 1,125 FT

43.0726°N / 92.6108°W

LOCATION · Charles City, US

WIND

210°8 kt

KCCY · 1,125 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/8

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW060

T / Td

26 / 18

ALTIM

29.67"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 5.0 SM. Moderate winds at 210°/8 kt, visibility 5.0 SM, a few at 6,000 ft. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KCCY 130135Z AUTO 21008KT 5SM HZ FEW060 26/18 A2967 RMK AO2

KCCY · day 13 at 01:35 UTC · wind from 210° at 8 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · a few clouds at 6,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.67" Hg · weather: haze (HZ) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 8 kt

4 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

210°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

22★ HDG 220° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 2,536'

17 HDG 170° H6 kt X5 kt RIGHT 1,780'

12 HDG 120° H0 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

30 HDG 300° H0 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

35 HDG 350° T6 kt X5 kt LEFT —

04 HDG 040° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,125 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 +14°C

3,000FT

+1,875 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,125 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT1,373 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KTIF (Thomas County Airport, Thedford, elev 2,925 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+30%

-21%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+21%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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)

FEW060

Few · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,256 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:21ZSUNRISE

17:58ZSOLAR NOON

23:34ZSUNSET

00:03ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:55Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:03Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 13m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:44Z MOONSET00:57Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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