// Station · 15m ago

KDSM

Des Moines International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 180° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26.1°C / 17.8°C

ALTIM 29.71 inHg

ELEV 958 FT

41.5340°N / 93.6567°W

LOCATION · Des Moines, US

WIND

180°7 kt

KDSM · 958 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW070

T / Td

26 / 18

ALTIM

29.71"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 180°/7 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 7,000 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 KDSM 130054Z 18007KT 10SM FEW070 26/18 A2971 RMK AO2 SLP054 T02610178

KDSM · day 13 at 00:54 UTC · wind from 180° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 7,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.71" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1005.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

180°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

23★ HDG 230° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,004'

13 HDG 130° H4 kt X5 kt RIGHT 9,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

05 HDG 050° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

31 HDG 310° T4 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,958 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

2,800FT

+1,842 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV958 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT1,165 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLBF (North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field, North Platte, elev 2,777 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+28%

-20%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+20%

-13%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-8%

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)

FEW070

Few · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,140 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:24ZSUNRISE

18:02ZSOLAR NOON

23:40ZSUNSET

00:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:09Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:08Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 15m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:45Z MOONSET01:01Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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