// Station · 6m ago

KFFL

Fairfield Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 22°C / 17°C

ALTIM 29.81 inHg

ELEV 799 FT

41.0530°N / 91.9801°W

LOCATION · Fairfield, US

WIND

280°7 kt

KFFL · 799 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 07Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW050

T / Td

22 / 17

ALTIM

29.81"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 280°/7 kt. 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 KFFL 130715Z AUTO 28007KT 10SM FEW050 22/17 A2981 RMK A01

KFFL · day 13 at 07:15 UTC · wind from 280° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 5,000 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.81" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

280°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

26★ HDG 260° H7 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 2,505'

36 HDG 360° H1 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

18 HDG 180° T1 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

08 HDG 080° T7 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,799 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 +9°C

2,000FT

+1,201 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV799 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT906 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KISB (Sibley Municipal Airport, Sibley, elev 1,538 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-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 · 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 LEVEL11,910 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:18ZSUNRISE

17:55ZSOLAR NOON

23:32ZSUNSET

00:00ZCIVIL END

CURRENT07:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 10m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:00Z (16h 38m) DAY LENGTH11h 14m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:51Z MOONSET01:06Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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