// Station · 57m ago
KIAG
Niagara Falls International Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 220° / 5 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 15°C / 11.1°C
ALTIM 29.92 inHg
ELEV 589 FT
43.1073°N / 78.9462°W
LOCATION · Niagara Falls, US
WIND
220°5 kt
KIAG · 589 FT
© OSM · CartoDB
// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 08Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
220°/5
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
15 / 11
ALTIM
29.92"
// Interpretation
VFR with light winds at 220°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
Loading TAF forecast narrative…
// Want this glance-able on 10 airports? METAR Deck →// Raw observation METAR string + decoded
METAR KIAG 270853Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 15/11 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP129 T01500111 55002 $
KIAG · day 27 at 08:53 UTC · wind from 220° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 15°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.92" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.9 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 220° @ 5 kt
2 USABLE · 2 AVOID
WIND
220°5 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS
2 usable
24★
HDG 240°
H5 kt
X2 kt LEFT
PRIMARY · 5,188'
28
HDG 280°
H3 kt
X4 kt LEFT
9,826'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID
2 ends
10
HDG 100°
T2 kt
X4 kt RIGHT
—
06
HDG 060°
T5 kt
X2 kt RIGHT
—
Pattern altitude: 1,589 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 +1°C
700FT
+111 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +600 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV589 FT
OAT+15°C
ISA DELTA+1°C
PRESSURE ALT586 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KGTB
(Wheeler Sack Army Air Field, Fort Drum, elev 688 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+7%
-5%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+5%
-3%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+3%
-2%
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 · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)
09:43ZSUNRISE
17:14ZSOLAR NOON
00:45ZSUNSET
01:19ZCIVIL END
CURRENT09:50Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 54m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:19Z (15h 28m)
DAY LENGTH15h 01m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION82%
MOONRISE18:24Z
MOONSET09:26Z
FULL MOON IN4 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KBUF
VFR
Buffalo Niagara International Airport · Buffalo
- WIND
- 230° / 10 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN250
- DIST
- 14 NM SE
- AGE
- 56m ago
CYTZ
VFR
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport · Toronto
- WIND
- 250° / 5 kt
- VIS
- 9.0 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 37 NM NW
- AGE
- 50m ago
CYHM
VFR
John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport · Hamilton
- WIND
- 260° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW240
- DIST
- 43 NM W
- AGE
- 50m ago
CYYZ
VFR
Toronto Pearson International Airport · Toronto
- WIND
- 310° / 8 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN260
- DIST
- 45 NM NW
- AGE
- 50m ago
CYOO
VFR
Oshawa Executive Airport · Oshawa
- WIND
- VRB / 2 kt
- VIS
- 9.0 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 49 NM N
- AGE
- 50m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
© OpenStreetMap · CartoDB · OpenAIP
//
Want this on your Stream Deck? METAR Deck shows real-time category and conditions for any 10 airports — built by the team that ships this page.
Get METAR Deck →