// Station · 21m ago

KFRM

Fairmont Municipal Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 310° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,800 ft

T/Td 16°C / 13°C

ALTIM 29.77 inHg

ELEV 1,162 FT

43.6439°N / 94.4156°W

LOCATION · Fairmont, US

WIND

310°10 kt

KFRM · 1,162 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN018

LAYERS

BKN018

T / Td

16 / 13

ALTIM

29.77"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,800 ft. Moderate winds at 310°/10 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 1,800 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI KFRM 130208Z AUTO 31010KT 10SM BKN018 16/13 A2977 RMK AO2

KFRM · day 13 at 02:08 UTC · wind from 310° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 1,800 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.77" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

310°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

31★ HDG 310° H10 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 5,505'

02 HDG 020° H3 kt X9 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 90%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

20 HDG 200° T3 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

13 HDG 130° T10 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 2,162 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 +4°C

1,700FT

+538 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,162 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT1,310 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KPQN (Pipestone Municipal Airport, Pipestone, elev 1,736 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. 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)

BKN018

Broken · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL9,243 ft VFR MARGIN-1,200 ft

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

12:29ZSUNRISE

18:05ZSOLAR NOON

23:41ZSUNSET

00:10ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:29Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:10Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 12m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:53Z MOONSET01:05Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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