// Station · 20m ago

KIIB

Independence Municipal Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 150° / 5 kt

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 21.6°C / 18°C

ALTIM 30.10 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 979 FT

42.4568°N / 91.9477°W

LOCATION · Independence, US

WIND

150°5 kt

KIIB · 979 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/5

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

22 / 18

ALTIM

30.10"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 5.0 SM. Light winds at 150°/5 kt, visibility 5.0 SM, no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. 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 KIIB 290055Z AUTO 15005KT 5SM HZ CLR 22/18 A3010 RMK AO2 T02160180

KIIB · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 150° at 5 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · temp 22°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.10" Hg · weather: haze (HZ) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

150°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

18★ HDG 180° H4 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

36 HDG 360° T4 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,979 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 +8°C

1,800FT

+821 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV979 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT796 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

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL11,888 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:30ZSUNRISE

18:10ZSOLAR NOON

00:51ZSUNSET

01:20ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:20Z (4m) DAY LENGTH13h 21m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:16Z MOONSET13:38Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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