// Station · 14m ago

KDTL

Detroit Lakes Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 280° / 12 kt

VIS 3.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 200 ft

T/Td 7.7°C / 7.7°C

ALTIM 29.81 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 1,397 FT

46.8243°N / 95.8833°W

LOCATION · Detroit Lakes, US

WIND

280°12 kt

KDTL · 1,397 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/12

VIS

3.0 SM

CEILING

OVC002

LAYERS

OVC002

T / Td

8 / 8

ALTIM

29.81"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 200 ft. Moderate winds at 280°/12 kt, visibility 3.0 SM, overcast at 200 ft. Reported weather: mist (BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KDTL 130615Z AUTO 28012KT 3SM BR OVC002 08/08 A2981 RMK AO2 T00770077

KDTL · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · wind from 280° at 12 kt · visibility 3.0 SM · overcast at 200 ft · temp 8°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.81" Hg · weather: mist (BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 12 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

280°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

32★ HDG 320° H9 kt X8 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,201'

35 HDG 350° H4 kt X11 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 92%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

17 HDG 170° T4 kt X11 kt RIGHT —

14 HDG 140° T9 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

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 -4°C

1,000FT

-397 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,397 FT OAT+8°C ISA DELTA-4°C PRESSURE ALT1,504 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGYL (Glencoe Municipal Airport, Glencoe, elev 992 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+10%

-7%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+7%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

OVC002

Overcast · base 200 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL5,286 ft VFR MARGIN-2,800 ft

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

12:39ZSUNRISE

18:10ZSOLAR NOON

23:42ZSUNSET

00:12ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:29Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 12m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:12Z (17h 43m) DAY LENGTH11h 02m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE14:11Z MOONSET01:14Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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