// Station · 12m ago

KLDM

Mason County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 10,000 ft

T/Td 24°C / 17°C

ALTIM 29.67 inHg

ELEV 646 FT

43.9625°N / 86.4079°W

LOCATION · Ludington, US

WIND

170°8 kt

KLDM · 646 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC100

LAYERS

OVC100

T / Td

24 / 17

ALTIM

29.67"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Moderate winds at 170°/8 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 10,000 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 KLDM 130215Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM OVC100 24/17 A2967 RMK AO2

KLDM · day 13 at 02:15 UTC · wind from 170° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 10,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.67" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 8 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

170°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

19★ HDG 190° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,503'

08 HDG 080° H0 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

26 HDG 260° H0 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

01 HDG 010° T8 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,646 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

2,200FT

+1,554 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV646 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT894 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBFD (Bradford Regional Airport, Bradford, elev 2,143 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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)

OVC100

Overcast · base 10,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,767 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

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

11:57ZSUNRISE

17:33ZSOLAR NOON

23:09ZSUNSET

23:38ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:27Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:38Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 11m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:21Z MOONSET00:32Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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