// Station · 22m ago

KMDS

Madison Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 12 kt G19

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 26°C / 19°C

ALTIM 29.92 inHg

ELEV 1,718 FT

44.0160°N / 97.0859°W

LOCATION · Madison, US

WIND

160°12 kt

KMDS · 1,718 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/12G19

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 19

ALTIM

29.92"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 160°/12 kt, gusting 19. 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 KMDS 290055Z AUTO 16012G19KT 10SM CLR 26/19 A2992 RMK AO2 TSNO

KMDS · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 160° at 12 kt, gusts to 19 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.92" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 12 ktG19

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

160°12G19 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

15★ HDG 150° H12 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,000'

21 HDG 210° H8 kt X9 kt LEFT 2,380'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

03 HDG 030° T8 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

33 HDG 330° T12 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,718 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 +14°C

3,400FT

+1,682 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,718 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT1,715 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KIEN (Pine Ridge Airport, Pine Ridge, elev 3,333 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+34%

-24%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+24%

-15%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+14%

-10%

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 LEVEL14,849 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:48ZSUNRISE

18:31ZSOLAR NOON

01:13ZSUNSET

01:43ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:43Z (26m) DAY LENGTH13h 25m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:35Z MOONSET14:00Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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