// Station · 21m ago

KCKN

Crookston Municipal Kirkwood Field

CAT MVFR

WIND 050° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 2,000 ft

T/Td 8°C / 7°C

ALTIM 29.82 inHg

ELEV 899 FT

47.8417°N / 96.6216°W

LOCATION · Crookston, US

WIND

050°5 kt

KCKN · 899 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC020

LAYERS

SCT009 OVC020

T / Td

8 / 7

ALTIM

29.82"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,000 ft. Light winds at 050°/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 900 ft, and overcast at 2,000 ft. 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 KCKN 130135Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM SCT009 OVC020 08/07 A2982 RMK AO2

KCKN · day 13 at 01:35 UTC · wind from 050° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 900 ft · overcast at 2,000 ft · temp 8°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 29.82" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

050°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

35★ HDG 350° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 2,977'

13 HDG 130° H1 kt X5 kt LEFT 4,300'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

31 HDG 310° T1 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

17 HDG 170° T2 kt X4 kt LEFT —

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 -5°C

400FT

-499 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV899 FT OAT+8°C ISA DELTA-5°C PRESSURE ALT997 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KDYT (Sky Harbor Airport, Duluth, elev 610 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

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)

OVC020

Overcast · base 2,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

SCT009

Scattered · base 900 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL4,939 ft VFR MARGIN-1,000 ft

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

12:42ZSUNRISE

18:14ZSOLAR NOON

23:46ZSUNSET

00:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:56Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:17Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 03m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:04Z MOONSET01:08Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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