// Station · 6m ago

KFAR

Hector International Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 310° / 9 kt

VIS 6.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 300 ft

T/Td 8°C / 8°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 902 FT

46.9207°N / 96.8158°W

LOCATION · Fargo, US

WIND

310°9 kt

KFAR · 902 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/9

VIS

6.0 SM

CEILING

OVC003

LAYERS

OVC003

T / Td

8 / 8

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 300 ft. Moderate winds at 310°/9 kt, visibility 6.0 SM, overcast at 300 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

SPECI KFAR 130149Z 31009KT 6SM BR OVC003 08/08 A2980 RMK AO2

KFAR · day 13 at 01:49 UTC · wind from 310° at 9 kt · visibility 6.0 SM · overcast at 300 ft · temp 8°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg · weather: mist (BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 9 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

310°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

31★ HDG 310° H9 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 3,801'

27 HDG 270° H7 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 67%

36 HDG 360° H6 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 78%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

18 HDG 180° T6 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

09 HDG 090° T7 kt X6 kt LEFT —

13 HDG 130° T9 kt X0 kt — —

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 -5°C

400FT

-502 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV902 FT OAT+8°C ISA DELTA-5°C PRESSURE ALT1,020 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KPMB (Pembina Municipal Airport, Pembina, elev 795 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

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. 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)

OVC003

Overcast · base 300 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL4,942 ft VFR MARGIN-2,700 ft

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

12:42ZSUNRISE

18:14ZSOLAR NOON

23:47ZSUNSET

00:18ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:55Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:18Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 05m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:04Z MOONSET01:10Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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