// Station · 55m ago
KESC
Delta County Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 340° / 3 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 12.8°C / 7.2°C
ALTIM 30.02 inHg
ELEV 609 FT
45.7232°N / 87.0886°W
LOCATION · Escanaba, US
WIND
340°3 kt
KESC · 609 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 09Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
340°/3
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
13 / 7
ALTIM
30.02"
// Interpretation
VFR with light winds at 340°/3 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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METAR KESC 270956Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM CLR 13/07 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP168 T01280072
KESC · day 27 at 09:56 UTC · wind from 340° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 13°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.8 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 340° @ 3 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
340°3 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
4 ends
10
HDG 100°
—CALM
——
6,498'
28
HDG 280°
—CALM
——
6,498'
01
HDG 010°
—CALM
——
5,016'
19
HDG 190°
—CALM
——
5,016'
Pattern altitude: 1,609 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 -1°C
400FT
-209 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -200 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV609 FT
OAT+13°C
ISA DELTA-1°C
PRESSURE ALT506 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KMTC
(Selfridge Air National Guard Base Airport, Mount Clemens, elev 580 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+4%
-3%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+3%
-2%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+2%
-1%
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 · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)
10:07ZSUNRISE
17:46ZSOLAR NOON
01:26ZSUNSET
02:03ZCIVIL END
CURRENT10:51Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 35m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:03Z (15h 12m)
DAY LENGTH15h 19m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION83%
MOONRISE18:49Z
MOONSET10:09Z
FULL MOON IN4 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)
KSAW
VFR
Marquette/Sawyer International Airport · Gwinn
- WIND
- 360° / 5 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 40 NM N
- AGE
- 5m ago
KIMT
VFR
Ford Airport · Kingsford
- WIND
- 340° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 43 NM W
- AGE
- 57m ago
KSJX
VFR
Beaver Island Airport · Beaver Island
- WIND
- 070° / 5 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 64 NM E
- AGE
- 16m ago
KCVX
VFR
Charlevoix Municipal Airport · Charlevoix
- WIND
- 100° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW100
- DIST
- 80 NM E
- AGE
- 16m ago
KGRB
VFR
Austin Straubel International Airport · Green Bay
- WIND
- 340° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 87 NM SW
- AGE
- 58m ago
// Area map · 100 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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