// Station · 27m ago

KEST

Estherville Municipal Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 290° / 10 kt G18

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 1,400 ft

T/Td 14.4°C / 11.1°C

ALTIM 29.82 inHg

ELEV 1,319 FT

43.4074°N / 94.7464°W

LOCATION · Estherville, US

WIND

290°10 kt

KEST · 1,319 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 03Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/10G18

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC014

LAYERS

OVC014

T / Td

14 / 11

ALTIM

29.82"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,400 ft. Moderate winds at 290°/10 kt, gusting 18, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 1,400 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI KEST 130354Z AUTO 29010G18KT 10SM OVC014 14/11 A2982 RMK AO2 T01440111

KEST · day 13 at 03:54 UTC · wind from 290° at 10 kt, gusts to 18 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 1,400 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.82" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 10 ktG18

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

290°10G18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

24★ HDG 240° H6 kt X8 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 2,989'

34 HDG 340° H6 kt X8 kt LEFT 4,797'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

06 HDG 060° T6 kt X8 kt LEFT —

16 HDG 160° T6 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,319 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 +2°C

1,700FT

+381 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,319 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT1,417 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KISB (Sibley Municipal Airport, Sibley, elev 1,538 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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)

OVC014

Overcast · base 1,400 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,400 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL8,592 ft VFR MARGIN-1,600 ft

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

12:30ZSUNRISE

18:06ZSOLAR NOON

23:42ZSUNSET

00:11ZCIVIL END

CURRENT04:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:11Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 12m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:57Z MOONSET01:10Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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