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// KIFA · Iowa Falls Municipal Airport · Iowa Falls

// Station · 7m ago

KIFA

Iowa Falls Municipal Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 140° / 5 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 19.5°C / 16.8°C
ALTIM 30.08 inHg
ELEV 1,137 FT
42.4708°N / 93.2700°W
LOCATION · Iowa Falls, US
N
WIND
140°5 kt
KIFA · 1,137 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 03Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
140°/5
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
20 / 17
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.08"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 140°/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.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KIFA 290315Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A3008 RMK AO2 T01950168

KIFA · day 29 at 03:15 UTC · wind from 140° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 20°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 5 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
N
WIND
140°5 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
13★ HDG 130° H5 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,602'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
31 HDG 310° T5 kt X1 kt LEFT —
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 +6°C

1,700FT
+563 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV1,137 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT975 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
+17%
-12%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+12%
-8%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+7%
-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 · 10,985 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 LEVEL10,985 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:35ZSUNRISE
18:15ZSOLAR NOON
00:56ZSUNSET
01:25ZCIVIL END
CURRENT03:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:25Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 21m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:26Z MOONSET13:47Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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