// Station · 20m ago

KGFK

Grand Forks International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 17 kt G23

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,100 ft

T/Td 24.4°C / 16.1°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 845 FT

47.9493°N / 97.1761°W

LOCATION · Grand Forks, US

WIND

270°17 kt

KGFK · 845 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/17G23

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN031

LAYERS

BKN031

T / Td

24 / 16

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,100 ft. Brisk winds at 270°/17 kt, gusting 23, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 3,100 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 KGFK 251753Z 27017G23KT 10SM BKN031 24/16 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP114 T02440161 10244 20167 50001

KGFK · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 270° at 17 kt, gusts to 23 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 3,100 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 17 ktG23

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

270°17G23 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

27R★ HDG 270° H17 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 6,701'

27L HDG 270° H17 kt X0 kt — 3,300'

35R HDG 350° H3 kt X17 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 74%

35L HDG 350° H3 kt X17 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 74%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

17L HDG 170° T3 kt X17 kt RIGHT —

17R HDG 170° T3 kt X17 kt RIGHT —

09L HDG 090° T17 kt X0 kt — —

09R HDG 090° T17 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,845 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 +11°C

2,200FT

+1,355 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV845 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT884 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K08D (Stanley Municipal Airport, Stanley, elev 2,245 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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)

BKN031

Broken · base 3,100 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,100 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,100 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,168 ft VFR MARGIN+100 ft

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

11:38ZSUNRISE

18:32ZSOLAR NOON

01:25ZSUNSET

01:58ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 12m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:58Z (7h 45m) DAY LENGTH13h 47m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:45Z MOONSET11:32Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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