// Station · 12m ago

KGFK

Grand Forks International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 360° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,200 ft

T/Td 7.2°C / 6.7°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

ELEV 845 FT

47.9493°N / 97.1761°W

LOCATION · Grand Forks, US

WIND

360°8 kt

KGFK · 845 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

360°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN012

LAYERS

BKN012 BKN018 OVC027

T / Td

7 / 7

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,200 ft. Moderate winds at 360°/8 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 1,200 ft, broken at 1,800 ft, and overcast at 2,700 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KGFK 130053Z 36008KT 10SM BKN012 BKN018 OVC027 07/07 A2980 RMK AO2 RAB15E43 SLP099 P0001 T00720067

KGFK · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 360° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 1,200 ft · broken layer at 1,800 ft · overcast at 2,700 ft · temp 7°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1009.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 360° @ 8 kt

6 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 4 CAUTION

WIND

360°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 6 usable

35R★ HDG 350° H8 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,901'

35L HDG 350° H8 kt X1 kt RIGHT 7,351'

09L HDG 090° H0 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

27R HDG 270° H0 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

09R HDG 090° H0 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

27L HDG 270° H0 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

17L HDG 170° T8 kt X1 kt LEFT —

17R HDG 170° T8 kt X1 kt LEFT —

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 -6°C

300FT

-545 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV845 FT OAT+7°C ISA DELTA-6°C PRESSURE ALT963 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KPMB (Pembina Municipal Airport, Pembina, elev 795 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC027

Overcast · base 2,700 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN018

Broken · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN012

Broken · base 1,200 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL4,481 ft VFR MARGIN-1,800 ft

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

12:44ZSUNRISE

18:16ZSOLAR NOON

23:48ZSUNSET

00:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:19Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 03m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:05Z MOONSET01:09Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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