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// KIFA · Iowa Falls Municipal Airport · Iowa Falls

// Station · 6m ago

KIFA

Iowa Falls Municipal Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 280° / 10 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 15.5°C / 12.5°C
ALTIM 29.82 inHg
ELEV 1,137 FT
42.4708°N / 93.2700°W
LOCATION · Iowa Falls, US
N
WIND
280°10 kt
KIFA · 1,137 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 04Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
280°/10
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
16 / 13
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.82"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 280°/10 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.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KIFA 130415Z AUTO 28010KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A2982 RMK AO2 T01550125

KIFA · day 13 at 04:15 UTC · wind from 280° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 16°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.82" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 10 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
N
WIND
280°10 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
31★ HDG 310° H9 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,602'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
13 HDG 130° T9 kt X5 kt RIGHT —
Pattern altitude: 2,137 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 +3°C

1,600FT
+463 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV1,137 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT1,235 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KISB (Sibley Municipal Airport, Sibley, elev 1,538 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+16%
-11%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+11%
-7%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+6%
-5%

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 · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 8,965 FT KIFA ELEV · 1,137 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL8,965 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:23ZSUNRISE
18:00ZSOLAR NOON
23:37ZSUNSET
00:06ZCIVIL END
CURRENT04:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:06Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 14m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:51Z MOONSET01:05Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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