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// KIRS · Kirsch Municipal Airport · Sturgis

// Station · 15m ago

KIRS

Kirsch Municipal Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 220° / 7 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 21°C / 14°C
ALTIM 29.82 inHg
ELEV 924 FT
41.8133°N / 85.4390°W
LOCATION · Sturgis, US
N
WIND
220°7 kt
KIRS · 924 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 06Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
220°/7
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
21 / 14
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.82"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 220°/7 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 KIRS 130615Z AUTO 22007KT 10SM CLR 21/14 A2982 RMK AO2

KIRS · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · wind from 220° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.82" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 7 kt
2 USABLE · 2 AVOID
N
WIND
220°7 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable
24★ HDG 240° H7 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,601'
19 HDG 190° H6 kt X3 kt RIGHT 5,201'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends
01 HDG 010° T6 kt X4 kt LEFT —
06 HDG 060° T7 kt X2 kt RIGHT —
Pattern altitude: 1,924 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

2,000FT
+1,076 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV924 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT1,022 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KEKN (Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport, Elkins, elev 1,987 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+20%
-14%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+14%
-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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 11,530 FT KIRS ELEV · 924 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL11,530 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:52ZSUNRISE
17:29ZSOLAR NOON
23:05ZSUNSET
23:33ZCIVIL END
CURRENT06:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 34m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:33Z (17h 02m) DAY LENGTH11h 12m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:24Z MOONSET00:37Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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