// Station · 29m ago

KISW

Alexander Field South Wood County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 16.7°C / 13.3°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 1,021 FT

44.3603°N / 89.8390°W

LOCATION · Wisconsin Rapids, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KISW · 1,021 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

17 / 13

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. 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 KISW 290254Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/13 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP186 T01670133 53005 $

KISW · day 29 at 02:54 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 17°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 6 ends

02 HDG 020° —CALM —— 5,500'

20 HDG 200° —CALM —— 5,500'

11 HDG 110° —CALM —— 3,640'

29 HDG 290° —CALM —— 3,640'

18 HDG 180° —CALM —— 2,072'

36 HDG 360° —CALM —— 2,072'

Pattern altitude: 2,021 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 +3°C

1,300FT

+279 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,021 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT850 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KY51 (Viroqua Municipal Airport, Viroqua, elev 1,292 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

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 LEVEL9,455 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:18ZSUNRISE

18:02ZSOLAR NOON

00:45ZSUNSET

01:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT03:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:15Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 26m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:10Z MOONSET13:36Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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