// Station · 16m ago
KFSW
Fort Madison Municipal Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 060° / 1 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 31°C / 23°C
ALTIM 30.13 inHg
ELEV 724 FT
40.6591°N / 91.3278°W
LOCATION · Fort Madison, US
WIND
060°1 kt
KFSW · 724 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 23Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
060°/1
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
31 / 23
ALTIM
30.13"
// Interpretation
VFR with light winds at 060°/1 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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METAR KFSW 142335Z AUTO 06001KT 10SM CLR 31/23 A3013 RMK AO2
KFSW · day 14 at 23:35 UTC · wind from 060° at 1 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 31°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.13" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 060° @ 1 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
060°1 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
2 ends
17
HDG 170°
—CALM
——
4,000'
35
HDG 350°
—CALM
——
4,000'
Pattern altitude: 1,724 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 +17°C
2,600FT
+1,876 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +300 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV724 FT
OAT+31°C
ISA DELTA+17°C
PRESSURE ALT512 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KANW
(Ainsworth Regional Airport, Ainsworth, elev 2,589 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+26%
-18%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+18%
-12%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+10%
-8%
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)
10:47ZSUNRISE
18:12ZSOLAR NOON
01:37ZSUNSET
02:09ZCIVIL END
CURRENT23:51Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 45m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:09Z (2h 18m)
DAY LENGTH14h 49m
New Moon
ILLUMINATION0%
MOONRISE10:57Z
MOONSET01:46Z
FULL MOON IN15 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KBRL
VFR
→
MVFR
08Z
Southeast Iowa Regional Airport · Burlington
- WIND
- 150° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 12 NM NE
- AGE
- 58m ago
KEOK
VFR
Keokuk Municipal Airport · Keokuk
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 13 NM S
- AGE
- 16m ago
KMPZ
VFR
Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport · Mount Pleasant
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 19 NM NW
- AGE
- 16m ago
KMQB
VFR
Macomb Municipal Airport · Macomb
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 32 NM E
- AGE
- 16m ago
KFFL
VFR
Fairfield Municipal Airport · Fairfield
- WIND
- 130° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 38 NM NW
- AGE
- 16m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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