// Station · 24m ago

KIAG

Niagara Falls International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 320° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21.1°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.07 inHg

ELEV 589 FT

43.1073°N / 78.9462°W

LOCATION · Niagara Falls, US

WIND

320°10 kt

KIAG · 589 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW025 SCT034

T / Td

21 / 15

ALTIM

30.07"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 320°/10 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 2,500 ft, and scattered at 3,400 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 KIAG 251553Z 32010KT 10SM FEW025 SCT034 21/15 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP180 T02110150

KIAG · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 320° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,500 ft · scattered layer at 3,400 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.07" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

320°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

28★ HDG 280° H8 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,826'

24 HDG 240° H2 kt X10 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

06 HDG 060° T2 kt X10 kt LEFT —

10 HDG 100° T8 kt X6 kt LEFT —

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 +7°C

1,300FT

+711 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV589 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT436 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KN03 (Cortland County Chase Field, Cortland, elev 1,198 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

SCT034

Scattered · base 3,400 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW025

Few · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL11,246 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

10:33ZSUNRISE

17:19ZSOLAR NOON

00:05ZSUNSET

00:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 47m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:34Z (8h 17m) DAY LENGTH13h 31m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:36Z MOONSET10:07Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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