// Station · 18m ago

KIKV

Ankeny Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 4 kt G11

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 15°C / 13°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 910 FT

41.6914°N / 93.5664°W

LOCATION · Ankeny, US

WIND

270°4 kt

KIKV · 910 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/4G11

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

15 / 13

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 270°/4 kt, gusting 11. 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 KIKV 130615Z AUTO 27004G11KT 10SM CLR 15/13 A2985 RMK AO2

KIKV · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · wind from 270° at 4 kt, gusts to 11 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 15°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 4 ktG11

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

270°4G11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

18 HDG 180° —CALM —— 5,500'

36 HDG 360° —CALM —— 5,500'

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 4,200'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 4,200'

Pattern altitude: 1,910 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 +2°C

1,200FT

+290 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -900 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV910 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT978 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLRJ (Le Mars Municipal Airport, Le Mars, elev 1,197 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

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 · 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 LEVEL8,486 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:25ZSUNRISE

18:01ZSOLAR NOON

23:38ZSUNSET

00:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:33Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 04m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:06Z (17h 32m) DAY LENGTH11h 12m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:57Z MOONSET01:10Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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