// Station · 15m ago

KIWD

Gogebic Iron County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 220° / 14 kt G21

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23.9°C / 15.6°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

ELEV 1,230 FT

46.5253°N / 90.1316°W

LOCATION · Ironwood, US

WIND

220°14 kt

KIWD · 1,230 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/14G21

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW042

T / Td

24 / 16

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 220°/14 kt, gusting 21. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 4,200 ft. 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 KIWD 251756Z AUTO 22014G21KT 10SM FEW042 24/16 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP150 T02390156 10261 20156 56018

KIWD · day 25 at 17:56 UTC · wind from 220° at 14 kt, gusts to 21 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,200 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 14 ktG21

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

220°14G21 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

27★ HDG 270° H9 kt X11 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,502'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

09 HDG 090° T9 kt X11 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,230 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 +11°C

2,500FT

+1,270 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,230 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT1,168 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCZD (Cozad Municipal Airport, Cozad, elev 2,503 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+25%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-11%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW042

Few · base 4,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,301 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:12ZSUNRISE

18:04ZSOLAR NOON

00:55ZSUNSET

01:27ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 43m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:27Z (7h 15m) DAY LENGTH13h 42m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:19Z MOONSET11:01Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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