// Station · 11m ago

KGDW

Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 110° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 9,500 ft

T/Td 22°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 776 FT

43.9706°N / 84.4750°W

LOCATION · Gladwin, US

WIND

110°4 kt

KGDW · 776 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

110°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN095

LAYERS

FEW065 BKN095

T / Td

22 / 13

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 9,500 ft. Light winds at 110°/4 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 6,500 ft, and broken at 9,500 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 KGDW 282255Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM FEW065 BKN095 22/13 A3012 RMK AO2

KGDW · day 28 at 22:55 UTC · wind from 110° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 6,500 ft · broken layer at 9,500 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 110° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

110°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 4,699'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 4,699'

15 HDG 150° —CALM —— 2,580'

33 HDG 330° —CALM —— 2,580'

Pattern altitude: 1,776 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 +8°C

1,500FT

+724 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV776 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT572 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGLR (Gaylord Regional Airport, Gaylord, elev 1,328 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-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. 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)

BKN095

Broken · base 9,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW065

Few · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING9,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL11,887 ft VFR MARGIN+6,500 ft

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

10:57ZSUNRISE

17:40ZSOLAR NOON

00:23ZSUNSET

00:53ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 17m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:53Z (1h 47m) DAY LENGTH13h 25m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:40Z MOONSET13:05Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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