// Station · 16m ago

KETH

Wheaton Municipal Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 290° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,500 ft

T/Td 8°C / 7°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 1,025 FT

45.7821°N / 96.5436°W

LOCATION · Lake Valley Township, US

WIND

290°7 kt

KETH · 1,025 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN015

LAYERS

BKN015 BKN019 OVC042

T / Td

8 / 7

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,500 ft. Light winds at 290°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 1,500 ft, broken at 1,900 ft, and overcast at 4,200 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

METAR KETH 130613Z AUTO 29007KT 10SM BKN015 BKN019 OVC042 08/07 A2988 RMK AO2

KETH · day 13 at 06:13 UTC · wind from 290° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 1,500 ft · broken layer at 1,900 ft · overcast at 4,200 ft · temp 8°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

290°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

34★ HDG 340° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,298'

22 HDG 220° H2 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

04 HDG 040° T2 kt X7 kt LEFT —

16 HDG 160° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,025 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 -5°C

500FT

-525 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,025 FT OAT+8°C ISA DELTA-5°C PRESSURE ALT1,064 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KDYT (Sky Harbor Airport, Duluth, elev 610 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+5%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-2%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC042

Overcast · base 4,200 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN019

Broken · base 1,900 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN015

Broken · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL5,065 ft VFR MARGIN-1,500 ft

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

12:41ZSUNRISE

18:13ZSOLAR NOON

23:46ZSUNSET

00:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:29Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 16m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:15Z (17h 46m) DAY LENGTH11h 04m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE14:13Z MOONSET01:17Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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