// Station · 12m ago

KFFM

Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson Field

CAT LIFR

WIND 320° / 10 kt

VIS 1.5 SM

CEILING OVC at 300 ft

T/Td 9°C / 9°C

ALTIM 29.79 inHg

WX -DZ BR

ELEV 1,183 FT

46.2844°N / 96.1567°W

LOCATION · Fergus Falls, US

WIND

320°10 kt

KFFM · 1,183 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/10

VIS

1.5 SM

CEILING

OVC003

LAYERS

OVC003

T / Td

9 / 9

ALTIM

29.79"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 300 ft. Moderate winds at 320°/10 kt, visibility 1.5 SM, overcast at 300 ft. Reported weather: light drizzle and mist (-DZ 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

METAR KFFM 130215Z AUTO 32010KT 1 1/2SM -DZ BR OVC003 09/09 A2979 RMK AO2

KFFM · day 13 at 02:15 UTC · wind from 320° at 10 kt · visibility 1.5 SM · overcast at 300 ft · temp 9°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.79" Hg · weather: light drizzle and mist (-DZ BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

320°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

31★ HDG 310° H10 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,639'

35 HDG 350° H9 kt X5 kt LEFT 3,299'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

17 HDG 170° T9 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

13 HDG 130° T10 kt X2 kt LEFT —

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 -3°C

900FT

-283 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,183 FT OAT+9°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT1,310 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCKN (Crookston Municipal Kirkwood Field, Crookston, elev 899 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+9%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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 LEVEL5,728 ft VFR MARGIN-2,700 ft

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

12:38ZSUNRISE

18:12ZSOLAR NOON

23:45ZSUNSET

00:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:27Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:15Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 07m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:02Z MOONSET01:09Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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