// Station · 10m ago

KCKN

Crookston Municipal Kirkwood Field

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 13 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26°C / 13°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 899 FT

47.8417°N / 96.6216°W

LOCATION · Crookston, US

WIND

120°13 kt

KCKN · 899 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/13

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT100

T / Td

26 / 13

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 120°/13 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered 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 KCKN 282255Z AUTO 12013KT 10SM SCT100 26/13 A2994 RMK AO2

KCKN · day 28 at 22:55 UTC · wind from 120° at 13 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 10,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 13 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

120°13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

13★ HDG 130° H13 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,300'

17 HDG 170° H8 kt X10 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 77%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

35 HDG 350° T8 kt X10 kt RIGHT —

31 HDG 310° T13 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,899 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 +13°C

2,400FT

+1,501 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV899 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT876 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KXWA (Williston Basin International Airport, Williston, elev 2,344 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+24%

-17%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+17%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-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)

SCT100

Scattered · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,030 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:40ZSUNRISE

18:29ZSOLAR NOON

01:17ZSUNSET

01:50ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 12m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:50Z (2h 44m) DAY LENGTH13h 37m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:23Z MOONSET14:00Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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