// Station · 20m ago

KCFS

Tuscola Area Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 090° / 1 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 15°C / 14°C

ALTIM 30.13 inHg

ELEV 701 FT

43.4588°N / 83.4455°W

LOCATION · Caro, US

WIND

090°1 kt

KCFS · 701 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/1

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW100

T / Td

15 / 14

ALTIM

30.13"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 090°/1 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 10,000 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 KCFS 290055Z AUTO 09001KT 10SM FEW100 15/14 A3013 RMK AO2

KCFS · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 090° at 1 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 10,000 ft · temp 15°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.13" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 1 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

090°1 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 4,302'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 4,302'

13 HDG 130° —CALM —— 2,277'

31 HDG 310° —CALM —— 2,277'

Pattern altitude: 1,701 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

-101 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV701 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT489 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)

FEW100

Few · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL8,277 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:54ZSUNRISE

17:36ZSOLAR NOON

00:18ZSUNSET

00:48ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:48Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 23m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:41Z MOONSET13:05Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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