// Station · 56m ago
KFOD
Fort Dodge Regional Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 17.8°C / 14.4°C
ALTIM 29.98 inHg
ELEV 1,156 FT
42.5526°N / 94.1912°W
LOCATION · Fort Dodge, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KFOD · 1,156 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 10Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
18 / 14
ALTIM
29.98"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. 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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METAR KFOD 271056Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP156 T01780144 $
KFOD · day 27 at 10:56 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 18°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.6 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
4 ends
06
HDG 060°
—CALM
——
6,547'
24
HDG 240°
—CALM
——
6,547'
12
HDG 120°
—CALM
——
5,301'
30
HDG 300°
—CALM
——
5,301'
Pattern altitude: 2,156 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 +5°C
1,700FT
+544 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +0 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV1,156 FT
OAT+18°C
ISA DELTA+5°C
PRESSURE ALT1,094 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KMCW
(Mason City Municipal Airport, Mason City, elev 1,213 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+17%
-12%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+12%
-8%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+7%
-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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)
10:46ZSUNRISE
18:15ZSOLAR NOON
01:44ZSUNSET
02:18ZCIVIL END
CURRENT11:52Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 52m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:18Z (14h 25m)
DAY LENGTH14h 58m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION83%
MOONRISE19:31Z
MOONSET10:29Z
FULL MOON IN4 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)
KMCW
VFR
Mason City Municipal Airport · Mason City
- WIND
- 060° / 5 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 53 NM NE
- AGE
- 59m ago
KDSM
VFR
Des Moines International Airport · Des Moines
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW110
- DIST
- 66 NM S
- AGE
- 58m ago
KCCY
VFR
Northeast Iowa Regional Airport · Charles City
- WIND
- 060° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 76 NM NE
- AGE
- 17m ago
KALO
VFR
Waterloo Regional Airport · Waterloo
- WIND
- 130° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 79 NM E
- AGE
- 58m ago
KSUX
VFR
Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field · Sioux City
- WIND
- 150° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 97 NM W
- AGE
- 1h 0m ago
// Area map · 100 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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