// Station · 34m ago

KFCM

Flying Cloud Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 360° / 11 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 16.7°C / 10.6°C

ALTIM 29.66 inHg

ELEV 906 FT

44.8272°N / 93.4571°W

LOCATION · Minneapolis, US

WIND

360°11 kt

KFCM · 906 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

360°/11

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW065

T / Td

17 / 11

ALTIM

29.66"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 360°/11 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 6,500 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 KFCM 130153Z 36011KT 10SM FEW065 17/11 A2966 RMK AO2 SLP044 T01670106

KFCM · day 13 at 01:53 UTC · wind from 360° at 11 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 6,500 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.66" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1004.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 360° @ 11 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

360°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

36★ HDG 360° H11 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 2,690'

28R HDG 280° H2 kt X11 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

28L HDG 280° H2 kt X11 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

10L HDG 100° T2 kt X11 kt LEFT —

10R HDG 100° T2 kt X11 kt LEFT —

18 HDG 180° T11 kt X0 kt — —

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 +4°C

1,600FT

+694 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV906 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT1,163 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KDVP (Slayton Municipal Airport, Slayton, elev 1,623 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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)

FEW065

Few · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER6,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL9,340 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:26ZSUNRISE

18:01ZSOLAR NOON

23:36ZSUNSET

00:05ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:27Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:05Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 09m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:50Z MOONSET01:00Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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