// Station · 23m ago

KFCM

Flying Cloud Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 6 kt

VIS 6.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 23.9°C / 16.1°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 906 FT

44.8272°N / 93.4571°W

LOCATION · Minneapolis, US

WIND

120°6 kt

KFCM · 906 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/6

VIS

6.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

24 / 16

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 120°/6 kt. Visibility 6.0 SM and no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. 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 KFCM 290053Z 12006KT 6SM HZ CLR 24/16 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP158 T02390161

KFCM · day 29 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 120° at 6 kt · visibility 6.0 SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg · weather: haze (HZ) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 6 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

120°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

10L★ HDG 100° H6 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,901'

10R HDG 100° H6 kt X2 kt RIGHT 5,001'

18 HDG 180° H3 kt X5 kt LEFT 2,690'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

36 HDG 360° T3 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

28R HDG 280° T6 kt X2 kt LEFT —

28L HDG 280° T6 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,906 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 +11°C

2,100FT

+1,194 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV906 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT824 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCKC (Grand Marais Cook County Airport, Grand Marais, elev 1,799 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL12,977 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:32ZSUNRISE

18:16ZSOLAR NOON

01:00ZSUNSET

01:30ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:30Z (14m) DAY LENGTH13h 27m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:19Z MOONSET13:47Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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