// Station · 14m ago
KFXY
Forest City Municipal Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 7.0 SM
CEILING Few/scattered only
T/Td 18°C / 18°C
ALTIM 30.17 inHg
ELEV 1,229 FT
43.2347°N / 93.6241°W
LOCATION · Forest City, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KFXY · 1,229 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 06Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
7.0 SM
CEILING
—
LAYERS
SCT002
T / Td
18 / 18
ALTIM
30.17"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. Visibility 7.0 SM and scattered at 200 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR KFXY 150635Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT002 18/18 A3017 RMK AO2
KFXY · day 15 at 06:35 UTC · winds calm · visibility 7.0 SM · scattered layer at 200 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.17" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator
// 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
15
HDG 150°
—CALM
——
5,796'
33
HDG 330°
—CALM
——
5,796'
09
HDG 090°
—CALM
——
2,707'
27
HDG 270°
—CALM
——
2,707'
Pattern altitude: 2,229 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
1,600FT
+371 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +100 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV1,229 FT
OAT+18°C
ISA DELTA+5°C
PRESSURE ALT975 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KISB
(Sibley Municipal Airport, Sibley, elev 1,538 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+16%
-11%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+11%
-7%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+6%
-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)
10:49ZSUNRISE
18:21ZSOLAR NOON
01:53ZSUNSET
02:28ZCIVIL END
CURRENT06:49Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING19h 04m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:28Z (19h 39m)
DAY LENGTH15h 04m
New Moon
ILLUMINATION0%
MOONRISE11:13Z
MOONSET02:17Z
FULL MOON IN14 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KMCW
VFR
→
MVFR
10Z
Mason City Municipal Airport · Mason City
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 14 NM E
- AGE
- 56m ago
KAEL
VFR
Albert Lea Municipal Airport · Albert Lea
- WIND
- 240° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 29 NM NE
- AGE
- 14m ago
KAXA
VFR
Algona Municipal Airport · Algona
- WIND
- 230° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 30 NM W
- AGE
- 14m ago
KCAV
LIFR
Clarion Municipal Airport · Clarion
- WIND
- 170° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 0.25 SM
- CEILING
- —
- DIST
- 30 NM S
- AGE
- 14m ago
KHPT
VFR
Hampton Municipal Airport · Hampton
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 35 NM SE
- AGE
- 14m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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