// Station · 20m ago

KFAR

Hector International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 19 kt G25

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27.8°C / 13.9°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

ELEV 902 FT

46.9207°N / 96.8158°W

LOCATION · Fargo, US

WIND

300°19 kt

KFAR · 902 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/19G25

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW050

T / Td

28 / 14

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 300°/19 kt, gusting 25. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 5,000 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 KFAR 251753Z 30019G25KT 10SM FEW050 28/14 A2990 RMK AO2 PK WND 30026/1729 SLP122 T02780139 10278 20178 58004

KFAR · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 300° at 19 kt, gusts to 25 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 5,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 19 ktG25

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

300°19G25 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

31★ HDG 310° H19 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,801'

27 HDG 270° H16 kt X9 kt RIGHT 6,302'

36 HDG 360° H10 kt X16 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 64%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

18 HDG 180° T9 kt X16 kt RIGHT —

09 HDG 090° T16 kt X10 kt LEFT —

13 HDG 130° T19 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,902 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 +15°C

2,700FT

+1,798 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV902 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT920 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KHEI (Hettinger Municipal Airport, Hettinger, elev 2,705 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+27%

-19%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+19%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-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)

FEW050

Few · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,942 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:39ZSUNRISE

18:30ZSOLAR NOON

01:22ZSUNSET

01:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 08m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:54Z (7h 40m) DAY LENGTH13h 43m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:45Z MOONSET11:29Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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