// Station · 21m ago

KDTL

Detroit Lakes Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 13,000 ft

T/Td 22.3°C / 17.1°C

ALTIM 29.93 inHg

ELEV 1,397 FT

46.8243°N / 95.8833°W

LOCATION · Detroit Lakes, US

WIND

150°9 kt

KDTL · 1,397 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC130

LAYERS

OVC130

T / Td

22 / 17

ALTIM

29.93"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 13,000 ft. Moderate winds at 150°/9 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 13,000 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 KDTL 290055Z AUTO 15009KT 10SM OVC130 22/17 A2993 RMK AO2 RAB0032E0046 P0000 T02230171

KDTL · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 150° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 13,000 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.93" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

150°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

14★ HDG 140° H9 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,201'

17 HDG 170° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT 1,880'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

35 HDG 350° T8 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

32 HDG 320° T9 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,397 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 +10°C

2,600FT

+1,203 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,397 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT1,385 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KDIK (Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport, Dickinson, elev 2,592 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+26%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-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)

OVC130

Overcast · base 13,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING13,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER13,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,660 ft VFR MARGIN+10,000 ft

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

11:39ZSUNRISE

18:26ZSOLAR NOON

01:13ZSUNSET

01:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:44Z (28m) DAY LENGTH13h 33m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:26Z MOONSET14:00Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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