// Station · 21m ago

KFFM

Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson Field

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 9 kt

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 24°C / 18°C

ALTIM 29.93 inHg

ELEV 1,183 FT

46.2844°N / 96.1567°W

LOCATION · Fergus Falls, US

WIND

120°9 kt

KFFM · 1,183 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/9

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

24 / 18

ALTIM

29.93"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 120°/9 kt. Visibility 9.0 SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 KFFM 290055Z AUTO 12009KT 9SM CLR 24/18 A2993 RMK AO2

KFFM · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 120° at 9 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.93" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

120°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

13★ HDG 130° H9 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,639'

17 HDG 170° H6 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 78%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

35 HDG 350° T6 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

31 HDG 310° T9 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,183 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

2,500FT

+1,317 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,183 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT1,171 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLEM (Lemmon Municipal Airport, Lemmon, elev 2,571 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+25%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-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 · 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 LEVEL13,304 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:41ZSUNRISE

18:27ZSOLAR NOON

01:13ZSUNSET

01:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:44Z (28m) DAY LENGTH13h 32m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:28Z MOONSET14:00Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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