// Station · 8m ago

KIMT

Ford Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 25.6°C / 13.9°C

ALTIM 30.04 inHg

ELEV 1,182 FT

45.8191°N / 88.1146°W

LOCATION · Kingsford, US

WIND

190°10 kt

KIMT · 1,182 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 14

ALTIM

30.04"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 190°/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 KIMT 251654Z AUTO 19010KT 10SM CLR 26/14 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP171 T02560139

KIMT · day 25 at 16:54 UTC · wind from 190° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.04" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

190°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

19★ HDG 190° H10 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 6,502'

13 HDG 130° H5 kt X9 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 90%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

31 HDG 310° T5 kt X9 kt LEFT —

01 HDG 010° T10 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 2,182 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 +13°C

2,600FT

+1,418 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,182 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT1,058 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KANW (Ainsworth Regional Airport, Ainsworth, elev 2,589 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+26%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-8%

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 LEVEL14,111 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:06ZSUNRISE

17:56ZSOLAR NOON

00:46ZSUNSET

01:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 43m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:17Z (8h 15m) DAY LENGTH13h 39m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:10Z MOONSET10:50Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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