// Station · 31m ago

KDBQ

Dubuque Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 24.4°C / 16.1°C

ALTIM 30.07 inHg

ELEV 1,077 FT

42.4020°N / 90.7095°W

LOCATION · Dubuque, US

WIND

200°8 kt

KDBQ · 1,077 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

24 / 16

ALTIM

30.07"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 200°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 KDBQ 251953Z 20008KT 10SM CLR 24/16 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP178 T02440161

KDBQ · day 25 at 19:53 UTC · wind from 200° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.07" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

200°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

18★ HDG 180° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,327'

13 HDG 130° H3 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

31 HDG 310° T3 kt X8 kt LEFT —

36 HDG 360° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,077 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 +11°C

2,300FT

+1,223 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,077 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT924 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KHDE (Brewster Field, Holdrege, elev 2,313 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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL13,400 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:21ZSUNRISE

18:06ZSOLAR NOON

00:50ZSUNSET

01:20ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:24Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 26m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:20Z (4h 56m) DAY LENGTH13h 29m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:32Z MOONSET11:01Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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