// Station · 14m ago

KMDW

Chicago Midway International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 13 kt G22

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 25,000 ft

T/Td 27.8°C / 15.6°C

ALTIM 29.75 inHg

ELEV 620 FT

41.7860°N / 87.7524°W

LOCATION · Chicago, US

WIND

210°13 kt

KMDW · 620 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/13G22

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN250

LAYERS

FEW120 BKN250

T / Td

28 / 16

ALTIM

29.75"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 25,000 ft. Brisk winds at 210°/13 kt, gusting 22, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 12,000 ft, and broken at 25,000 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 KMDW 130053Z 21013G22KT 10SM FEW120 BKN250 28/16 A2975 RMK AO2 SLP067 T02780156

KMDW · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 210° at 13 kt, gusts to 22 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 12,000 ft · broken layer at 25,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.75" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1006.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 13 ktG22

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

210°13G22 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

22R★ HDG 220° H13 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,507'

22L HDG 220° H13 kt X2 kt LEFT 6,445'

13L HDG 130° H2 kt X13 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 59%

13R HDG 130° H2 kt X13 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 59%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

31R HDG 310° T2 kt X13 kt LEFT —

31L HDG 310° T2 kt X13 kt LEFT —

04L HDG 040° T13 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

04R HDG 040° T13 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,620 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

2,500FT

+1,880 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV620 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT789 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBKW (Raleigh County Memorial Airport, Beaver, elev 2,504 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN250

Broken · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW120

Few · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING25,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL14,660 ft VFR MARGIN+22,000 ft

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

12:00ZSUNRISE

17:38ZSOLAR NOON

23:16ZSUNSET

23:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:44Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 15m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:21Z MOONSET00:37Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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