// Station · 5m ago

KGDW

Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 11,000 ft

T/Td 22°C / 17°C

ALTIM 29.75 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 776 FT

43.9706°N / 84.4750°W

LOCATION · Gladwin, US

WIND

210°6 kt

KGDW · 776 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN110

LAYERS

FEW085 BKN110

T / Td

22 / 17

ALTIM

29.75"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 11,000 ft. Light winds at 210°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 8,500 ft, and broken at 11,000 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-RA). 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 130155Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM -RA FEW085 BKN110 22/17 A2975 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N-SE PRESRR

KGDW · day 13 at 01:55 UTC · wind from 210° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 8,500 ft · broken layer at 11,000 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.75" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

210°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

27★ HDG 270° H3 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,699'

15 HDG 150° H3 kt X5 kt RIGHT 2,580'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

09 HDG 090° T3 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

33 HDG 330° T3 kt X5 kt LEFT —

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 +9°C

2,000FT

+1,224 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV776 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT945 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KOYM (St Marys Municipal Airport, St Marys, elev 1,934 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

BKN110

Broken · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW085

Few · base 8,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING11,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL11,887 ft VFR MARGIN+8,000 ft

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

11:49ZSUNRISE

17:25ZSOLAR NOON

23:01ZSUNSET

23:30ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:00Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:30Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 11m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:12Z MOONSET00:24Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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