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// KMCW · Mason City Municipal Airport · Mason City

// Station · 14m ago

KMCW

Mason City Municipal Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 280° / 10 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 23.9°C / 15.6°C
ALTIM 29.68 inHg
ELEV 1,213 FT
43.1598°N / 93.3297°W
LOCATION · Mason City, US
N
WIND
280°10 kt
KMCW · 1,213 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
280°/10
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
24 / 16
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.68"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 280°/10 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 KMCW 130053Z AUTO 28010KT 10SM CLR 24/16 A2968 RMK AO2 PK WND 27026/0031 WSHFT 0027 SLP039 T02390156

KMCW · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 280° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.68" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1003.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 10 kt
2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION
N
WIND
280°10 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable
30★ HDG 300° H9 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,502'
36 HDG 360° H2 kt X10 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends
18 HDG 180° T2 kt X10 kt RIGHT —
12 HDG 120° T9 kt X3 kt RIGHT —
Pattern altitude: 2,213 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 +12°C

2,900FT
+1,687 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV1,213 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT1,449 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KTIF (Thomas County Airport, Thedford, elev 2,925 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+29%
-20%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+20%
-13%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+12%
-9%

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 · 13,284 FT KMCW ELEV · 1,213 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL13,284 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:24ZSUNRISE
18:00ZSOLAR NOON
23:37ZSUNSET
00:06ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:06Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 13m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:45Z MOONSET00:58Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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