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// Station · 55m ago

KDEC

Decatur Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING OVC at 11,000 ft
T/Td 19.4°C / 15.6°C
ALTIM 29.94 inHg
ELEV 682 FT
39.8346°N / 88.8657°W
LOCATION · Decatur, US
N
WIND
calm
KDEC · 682 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 08Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
OVC110
 
 
 
LAYERS
OVC110
 
 
 
T / Td
19 / 16
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.94"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 11,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 11,000 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 KDEC 270854Z AUTO 10SM OVC110 19/16 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP135 T01940156 55004

KDEC · day 27 at 08:54 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 11,000 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
CALMcalm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 6 ends
06 HDG 060° CALM 8,496'
24 HDG 240° CALM 8,496'
12 HDG 120° CALM 6,799'
30 HDG 300° CALM 6,799'
18 HDG 180° CALM 5,298'
36 HDG 360° CALM 5,298'
Pattern altitude: 1,682 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 +6°C

1,300FT
+618 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +600 FT
2,500 1,400 300
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV682 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT659 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBMI (Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal, Bloomington/Normal, elev 871 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+13%
-9%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+9%
-6%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+5%
-4%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 10,480 FT OVC110 · CEILING KDEC ELEV · 682 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
OVC110
Overcast · base 11,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas
// Computed
CEILING11,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL10,480 ft VFR MARGIN+8,000 ft

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

10:33ZSUNRISE
17:54ZSOLAR NOON
01:14ZSUNSET
01:46ZCIVIL END
CURRENT09:49Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 25m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:46Z (15h 57m) DAY LENGTH14h 41m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE19:13Z MOONSET09:55Z FULL MOON IN4 days

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