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// Station · 20m ago

KFKA

Fillmore County Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 140° / 4 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 21°C / 19°C
ALTIM 30.07 inHg
ELEV 1,277 FT
43.6768°N / 92.1797°W
LOCATION · Preston, US
N
WIND
140°4 kt
KFKA · 1,277 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
140°/4
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
 
 
 
T / Td
21 / 19
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.07"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 140°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles 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 KFKA 290055Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A3007 RMK AO2

KFKA · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 140° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.07" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 4 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
140°4 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
11 HDG 110° CALM 4,001'
29 HDG 290° CALM 4,001'
Pattern altitude: 2,277 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 +8°C

2,100FT
+823 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV1,277 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT1,124 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 MINOR
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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 11,883 FT KFKA ELEV · 1,277 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL11,883 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:29ZSUNRISE
18:11ZSOLAR NOON
00:53ZSUNSET
01:23ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:23Z (7m) DAY LENGTH13h 24m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:16Z MOONSET13:40Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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