// Station · 9m ago

KFSD

Sioux Falls Regional Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 310° / 12 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,200 ft

T/Td 11.1°C / 8.9°C

ALTIM 29.84 inHg

ELEV 1,429 FT

43.5855°N / 96.7412°W

LOCATION · Sioux Falls, US

WIND

310°12 kt

KFSD · 1,429 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/12

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN012

LAYERS

BKN012 OVC030

T / Td

11 / 9

ALTIM

29.84"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,200 ft. Moderate winds at 310°/12 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 1,200 ft, and overcast at 3,000 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

METAR KFSD 130056Z 31012KT 10SM BKN012 OVC030 11/09 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP108 T01110089

KFSD · day 13 at 00:56 UTC · wind from 310° at 12 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 1,200 ft · overcast at 3,000 ft · temp 11°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.84" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1010.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 12 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

310°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

33★ HDG 330° H11 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,000'

27 HDG 270° H9 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 67%

03 HDG 030° H2 kt X12 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

21 HDG 210° T2 kt X12 kt RIGHT —

09 HDG 090° T9 kt X8 kt LEFT —

15 HDG 150° T11 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,429 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 -1°C

1,400FT

-29 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,429 FT OAT+11°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT1,506 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAGZ (Wagner Municipal Airport, Wagner, elev 1,475 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-4%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC030

Overcast · base 3,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN012

Broken · base 1,200 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL7,035 ft VFR MARGIN-1,800 ft

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

12:38ZSUNRISE

18:14ZSOLAR NOON

23:50ZSUNSET

00:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:19Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 12m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:59Z MOONSET01:11Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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