// Station · 6m ago

KFSD

Sioux Falls Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 340° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27.8°C / 17.8°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 1,429 FT

43.5855°N / 96.7412°W

LOCATION · Sioux Falls, US

WIND

340°6 kt

KFSD · 1,429 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW250

T / Td

28 / 18

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 340°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 25,000 ft. 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 KFSD 251656Z 34006KT 10SM FEW250 28/18 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP162 T02780178 $

KFSD · day 25 at 16:56 UTC · wind from 340° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 25,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 6 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

340°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

33★ HDG 330° H6 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 8,000'

03 HDG 030° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT 9,000'

27 HDG 270° H2 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

09 HDG 090° T2 kt X6 kt LEFT —

21 HDG 210° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

15 HDG 150° T6 kt X1 kt LEFT —

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 +15°C

3,200FT

+1,771 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,429 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT1,317 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRAP (Rapid City Regional Airport, Rapid City, elev 3,204 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+32%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+13%

-10%

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)

FEW250

Few · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,469 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:44ZSUNRISE

18:30ZSOLAR NOON

01:16ZSUNSET

01:46ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 14m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:46Z (8h 44m) DAY LENGTH13h 32m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:48Z MOONSET11:20Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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