// Station · 38m ago

KIOW

Iowa City Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 23.9°C / 16.7°C

ALTIM 29.78 inHg

ELEV 668 FT

41.6392°N / 91.5465°W

LOCATION · Iowa City, US

WIND

240°9 kt

KIOW · 668 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 05Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

24 / 17

ALTIM

29.78"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 240°/9 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 KIOW 130552Z AUTO 24009KT 10SM CLR 24/17 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP077 T02390167 10278 20228 403060172 53010

KIOW · day 13 at 05:52 UTC · wind from 240° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.78" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1007.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

240°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

25★ HDG 250° H9 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,002'

30 HDG 300° H5 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 89%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

12 HDG 120° T4 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

07 HDG 070° T9 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,668 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 +10°C

2,100FT

+1,432 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV668 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT807 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KODX (Evelyn Sharp Field, Ord, elev 2,070 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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 LEVEL12,739 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:17ZSUNRISE

17:53ZSOLAR NOON

23:30ZSUNSET

23:57ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 59m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:57Z (17h 27m) DAY LENGTH11h 13m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:49Z MOONSET01:02Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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